Is this live . Can everyone hear me . Welcome. My name is kyle byrd im the executive director of the leon leavy center for biography. Over the past 12 years the leavy center has awarded 44 major fellowships to working biographers. Each of these fellowships is not worth 72,000 so its not chump change. To date some 20 biographies have been published including ruth franklins biography of Shirley Jackson which won the Prestigious National book critics circle award biography. I also want to spread the news about our brandnew holy unique Masters Program in biography and memoir is just started this autumn with at least 17 students enrolled which is phenomenal. Brenda is actually both former director of the leon leavy center and teaches the core courses in new Masters Program. Our next program is next wednesday, september 25 at 6 30 p. M. With david netzel giving the annual leon leavy lecture on biography. Tonight im very delighted to have Benjamin Moser in conversation with brenda one apple.
Cannot consent to sex. Even if she were an adult, just the mere fact of her being subjected to an authority figure, using their influence, to have sex with her, to engage in sexual acts, is an inappropriate use of power, and should never be a allowed. Reporter russell says like celeste guap, a lot of survivors refer to themselves as a colder, a coping mechanism that victims use. It is normal for a victim to call themselves a prostitute, call themselves a call girl, and escort, because those terms have been normalized in the world that they are in. For whatever about horrific thing is that they are keeping talked deep down inside, they have convinced themselves that what they are doing is normal that perhaps the Law Enforcement officer was a boyfriend or he was a cute guy nor he was simply that she was flirting with. All of those are just tactics that people use to cope with the abuse that they have endured. Reporter russell says that celeste guap is likely facing a long road to recover
It hurts anyways. And it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of his voice. He couldnt remember my husbands name. The only way her name my husbands name is because he told me he had my husband report in front of him. Thats what he actually said la david. I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband name. And thats what hurt me the most because if my husband is fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country, why cant you remember his name . And that what made me upset and cry even more because my husband was an awesome soldier. Sara murray joins me from the white house. The president didnt waste any time responding to the comments this morning. For many it was a perplexing response because President Trump decided to dispute is account from a grieving widow. He said he spoke his name from beginning without he was. It is worth noting we had a number of occasions to question the president about this incident today. He wouldnt engage about what happene