If you actually listened to those straw- feminists you know you might find that even their argument might be more nuanced than that.

When you outlined the version of the Grandma story with all the info-dumping, I thought, damn it, I'd love to read that, and than you reference DFW and I go, ah, of course, that's why. But you're right, that kind of thing really works in the rarest of cases, so if anyone's not the next Foster Wallace, it's wiser to…

Zadie Smith always reduces me to incoherent gushing. No matter what she tries to do or whether she suceeds at it (which she mostly does, in my eyes) - it's always something interesting. I love all her ambitions. And I can't count the times how often I've found some dim notion that has been haunting me forever, some…

Sansa is too mature already to be reckless. For the moment she's primarily focused on survival which is the smartest thing to do in her situation. There's heavy forshadowing that she will play a crucial role in LF's downfall. But for now she's bidding her time.