>what if instead it's the sort of place where heartwarming
>stories of abused children who triumph through adversity are made up
>and marketed?"
But the J.T. Leroy stories were far from heartwarming. They were scary sad. That's what makes the hoax beyond the pale and such a letdown. Like Kelley said:
>it ain't no joke to pretend to be an abuse survivor,
>or transgendered, or anything of the sort since all you do is belittle the
>lives and struggles of those who are.