Some of those literature professors no one cares about.. are writing Romance and Erotica on Amazon Kindle.

How do you know some of these authors aren't PhD's?

All I will say is this. During the height of erotica publishing people were easily pulling in 5 to 20k a month with minimal effort. That's why the market got flooded with really badly written erotica w/over the top covers. It really was that lucrative. Since the crackdown, far less so. However, there are some people…

I think Jayne is hitting a lot of points here. I'm a person of color who spent 10 years among some of the fiercest San Francisco drag queens! Within the community the use of the term "Tranny" was pretty common. There was even a long running Drag Queen event "Trannyshack" that was iconic. Also within the drag community…

My grandmother was a woman of multi-racial heritage. She was also married twice. Once to dark complexioned man and then to a man who was lighter skinned like herself. Her children ranged from chocolate color to pale ivory blonde. Growing up the one thing that bugged me were people who refused to believe I was related…

Ugh- I told myself I would avoid this conversation, because quite frankly at 45 years of age - I'm tired of it. There's one simple fact: America is a society with a rigid caste system but psychotically denies it exists.

I feel no sympathy. Any person of color, who is stupid enough to cozy up to FOX news, deserves whatever foolishness they encounter.

The vast majority of your taxable income goes into the pockets of your elected officials, funds the millitary, and other such non-sense. A very tiny percentage (I believe it's like under 1%) goes to social care programs. Why in the world are you so angry about something that costs you next to nothing? Also, I highly…

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Not to scare you but I got Cancer in my early 30's. I never could've imagined that happening to me. I was a healthy, athletic, non-smoker. It was a Lymphoma, and it nearly took me out. The one thing I remember, was being happy that I had insurance. You may be young but that doesn't rule out something bad possibly…

I'm commenting a lot in this thread.. lol. Have you considered a career in training and education on the corporate level? Trainers get paid quite well to teach a variety of subjects, especially in larger companies. People with education degrees do everything from conduct training's to write the actual training…

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I have a theater degree too and it's helped more than hindered. I write well, have no trouble speaking in public, and understand how to communicate. Almost every job I've had, I've ended up training people or dealing with the public. I've worked with a lot of engineering types, and they were always glad to have me…

Or you know - maybe he didn't apply himself well enough while in school. When getting a degree in the Social Sciences, you really need a clear idea of what you want to do with it. That involves talking to instructors, networking with other students, etc. I have an undergrad in Theater. That degree served me well in…

Having been a hiring manager I'd add another thing. Learn a foreign language (French, German, Spanish, or Asian Language) become fluent as possible and spend some time studying abroad. I can tell that when potential employers see someone who is bi-lingual their resume goes to the top of the pile. This is especially…

Well to be honest. Madonna stole liberally from Black Gay culture... and never really acknowledged it. I do recall Aresenio Hall calling her on how much of her sound was "borrowed" from black culture on his old talk show. But talk about stealing from a marginalized group. You won't find a more neglected and ignored…