I’ve always enjoyed the freedom of creation that happens in creative writing and the self-expression that leads to a greater understanding of how the world expresses itself to me.ĭid you have a piece already written when you learned about Epoch’s theme, or did you write a new piece? If so, how did you approach the theme of Roots in the creation of your work?īack in the summer of 2019, I had taken a nonfiction class at UCLA’s Extension program. It’s my way of re-writing my past, my past selves, no matter what form or genre I write in. I always joke that my CNF is “about my family, but actually is really just about me.” Even in my fiction, while every character I write is some amalgamation of a person I’ve known, it’s also a projection of myself, or something I’m lacking, or something I wish I’d done or handled better. One of the things I’ve come to find since then is that I actually tend to learn mostly about myself through my writing. I loved the idea of documenting everything that was happening around me and trying to better people by means of writing about them.
I started keeping a diary when I was very young, after watching the movie Harriet the Spy (it aged well, by the way, and still holds up!). Why do you write CNF, and do you explore other genres in your work? Her piece, “blonde”, can be found in EPOCH Issue 03: Roots, available to purchase here. Her debut novel, The Brittanys, was published with Vintage in June of 2021. She filed the federal lawsuit Friday in Philadelphia under the name Jane DoeIndeed, after Mancuso's arrest it was discovered that Allen was not his first victim.That unfortunate title belonged to his 28-year-old daughter, Rachelle.' I feel so much guilt for what happened.Brittany Ackerman is a writer from Riverdale, New York. Zaglifa informed the FBI and on May 27th, 2003, two federal agents went to Mancuso's Pittsburgh home to investigate.Immediately, the agents knew that Mancuso was not happy to see them and they separated Allen from her adoptive father.The agents quickly found computer disks with child pornography and then suddenly, 10-year-old Allen asked the agents, 'Is this about my secret?' Masha Allen is now 20 and has changed her name to regain some measure of privacy after testifying in Congress (pictured in 2006). 'But it always came back to me - couldn't stop it.' Her rescue began when Chicago Police Sergeant Mike Zaglifa, who had been posing as a pedophile online noticed a new batch of child pornography appear - which was Allen.He struck up an online conversation with a child pedophile with the handle, 'NkdSister' and realized as a gut feeling that this individual might be the source of Allen's graphic imagery.Sgt. I'd make myself think of other things when it was happening,' she said. Justice Department sends them a notice every time someone is caught.However, the issue for Allen and her team is that men convicted of child pornography charges are already in financial ruins by the time their criminal cases are over.
ShareIndeed, Allen could be looking at a total payout in the region of $100 million as the lawsuits against the almost 2,000 men caught with her images grow.Allen and her legal team are able to keep track of who has accessed the despicable images of her online because the U.S.
New Civil Lawsuit: Masha Allen testifies on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, before the Congressional Oversight and Investigations subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce CommitteeAllen, who is now 20-years old intends to do that and in a federal suit filed in Philadelphia on Friday, the victim names Mancuso and 13 other men all convicted of possessing or transmitting her images online.According to the federal law in her name, Allen is entitled to a minimum payout of $150,000 from each man.' It sort of brings things full circle in that sense, for her to get the justice that she went out there and helped other people get,' said her lawyer, Leighton Moore, to.