As a lifelong Brooklynite I can safely say her Brooklyn accent blows. But most of the others seemed convincing to me, more or less. Perhaps it's too much to ask that an affected accent be good enough to fool the people she's imitating.

Most studies of Kitty Genovese are based on the original book, "38 Witnesses", based on the original newspaper coverage, and, like this article, are factually inaccurate or disingenuously misleading. The attack took place over a great span of time, in more than one location, and no one neighbor witnessed it in its entirety (indeed, exactly zero of the neighbors witnessed the final attack). Few if any of them understood the seriousness of what they heard. Despite all this, the newsmedia early on made up its mind what "the story" was, and stuck to it, and it's persisted in popular culture ever since then.

Hi, I'm a thirtysomething bookstore manager in Brooklyn. I don't comment here much because I've got a bit of a Google Reader addiction, and I blow through way too many posts in a given day to stop and voice my appreciation, but your blog is definitely one I share most often.

Bravest? How about most disturbed. If you're interested in a gesture of solidarity, shave your head. Unnecessary voluntary double mastectomy isn't brave, it's certifiable.