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I was conned by JT Leroy
I talked to him on the phone for hours. I even listened to his therapy sessions on tape. And after one particularly weird conversation about his upcoming sex-change operation, I decided he was a fake. So why did I still get sucked in?
By Ayelet Waldman [2006-01-11]

  • Thanks for the link Jesse Fruhwith

    Jesse found the link he was looking for yesterday, and you can read nine dense pages of speculation about who, where, when, and why might have created this JT Leroy hoax to make some money and get some fame and buzz.

    Now I know more than I ever had wanted about this non-person, fictitious entity who occasionally took human form using a model of indeterminate sexuality dressed in a blonde wig and sunglasses and hat and red lipstick.

    Really boring stuff this, especially when disclosed this exhaustively by an good investigative journalist in New York magazine.

    -- NoWeepingWillow
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    Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:03 AM
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