Golden boy Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey has been accused by three former students of grooming them for sex. One reportedly sent a letter to the New York Times, telling them what he'd done. The behavior described here is truly vile. https://www.nola.com/news/education/article_3d2e096e-a233-11eb-bdec-33c1e8f7cc42.html/?s

"He was supposed to be our mentor. In many ways, he was. And then he used our trust in him against us in the truest and most intimate way possible." It really is textbook behavior. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-04-20/blake-bailey-philip-roth-biographer-dropped-by-agent

Struck by "who all thought they were the only ones." You have to understand—that we think this doesn't mean we believe we're special. We think it because we blame ourselves. That's how they get away with it. You can't imagine someone you think so highly of would be this way.

Also thinking about how Peyton had to watch the New York Times publish no less than four stories praising Bailey. And that's just one outlet. The experience of the past few weeks must have been awful for these women.