Read the Vulture piece. The grad student sounds like the only one with an acutal head on her shoulders.

I’m of the opinion that no apology at all is better than a forced one. Just own it. Be proud of being a thin-skinned bully who seems to have a lot of free time on their hands.

“Nelson, who is now a graduate student in linguistics studying online harassment”

“I want to apologize to the person”

Anyone who’s ever had the misfortune of using any of the Disney apps for their parks would be fully anticipating this.

So a female college student attempted to raise the level of discourse on her campus by removing books written for young teens from the recommended reading list. Seems like a good thing. It is infantilizing for the college students to have children’s books recommended for them. Sure it might be enjoyable to read these…

My favorite (/s) response to Dessen’s tweet was when someone replied “Fuck that fucking bitch.”, and Dessen replied to that with “I love you. [heart emoji]”.

Could be she saw an opportunity to bring attention to herself to sell more books.

She should figure out why she takes someone not liking her work as a personal attack on her character. 

This reminds me of when Nicholas Sparks said he doesn’t write romance novels and that he was actually the natural successor to Hemingway, Shakespeare, and Euripides. (I’m 100% serious about this.)

Remove the google alert on your name. It will make your life much better. 

Well I for one am shocked that Jennifer Weiner would overreact and then play the victim rather than actually defending the substance of something. 

asdkfjdk my GOD woman, get your head out of your ass. Sarah, you write shitty teen romance YA, you’re not out here writing the next Booker Prize novel. Of course a college junior, who is presumably in her twenties and you know, at university to challenge herself academically, wants to read something with more…

I’m with the student. YA books are fine, and I don’t care if other adults like them, but I applaud college students seeking more challenging material. Caveat: I have never read (or heard of) Dessen before this, so I don’t know if she’s actually YA.

Why would anyone care which books Northern State University choose for Common Read? Undergraduate enrollment is 1500 and it’s in freaking South Dakota. I get that it sucks when someone hates on your shit, but this seems like a dumb thing to make a stand on.

How would Dessen even find this criticism?

The difference is Abrams has proven he understands what makes Star Wars special. Johnson labored under the incorrect and arrogant delusion that there was something about Star Wars that needed fixing. Star Wars doesn’t need to be ‘fixed’ because it was fucking great to begin with. Johnson could have done TLJ in a more…

Kids that like dogs, and wish they could talk to them? 

Hudson deserves to be in the film, but the character does not. While they were arrested, he was like “I just work with these guys.” No loyalty. Fuck him.

Perpetually offended person spotted!