The levels of petty judgment, speculative presumption, catty comparison and woman-ranking in this post is regrettable and baffling. (Not to mention the tenuous practice of citing gossip mongers as sources...)

Why all of the unsubstatiated guessing (with thinly veiled accusations) about the vastness of things that are…

Not above reproach, but subject to taste. Tastes affirmed in the highest realms of literary analysis... A key distinction.

Pointing out the absence of the statement: fine. Substituting your hollow argument for the author's non-statement and then knocking it down: straw man. The argument you inserted about where the…

It is certainly true that not every writing style suits very reader. However, whether it suits you and/or others is a statement of stylistic match/mismatch between author and reader- and perhaps, to some extent, the degree to which readers may be overly rigid in the acceptance & interpretation of writing styles. That…

If the author's style doesn't light you on fire with literary ecstasy, you absolutely have the right to say as much. However, the broader claims that require you to speak for some generalized Reader, put you the position of falsely speaking for other people. In addition, there is a clear contradiction in suggesting…

Not even close. There are chasmic differences between analyses of fact, analyses of argument and analyses of style. Your conflation of these is problematic, as are claims and indictments laid upon such thin foundations of support.

Stylistic choices in narrative arts (cadence, phrasing, etc.), are subjective matters of taste and preference. For example, Toni Morrison's award winning style is as off-putting and difficult to follow for some, as it is radiant and revelatory for others. There's something self-aggrandizing and privilege-oozing about…

I'm neither a Detroit native nor current resident, but I've spent some time there over the past couple of years. It didn't take long to provoke a gritty, underdog kind of affection from me. I root and ache for it and it's residents every time I'm there, read a story about it, or engage in some consideration,…

While I completely agree with the end goals of sex and gender equality, this seems to fall into the common trap of allowing the power of a desire for a goal to profoundly oversimplify (even figuratively) the problem and thus, overstate the remedy. A strategy of changing gender imbalance by asking grown men who have…

Schwarz' piece in the Atlantic just seems to add another drop the endless stream of mournful epitaphs of Mid-Century myth-as-reality, recently recharged by the mainstream popularity of retro-focus, prominently exemplified by Hipster culture and media products like Mad Men. I'm glad Moore sees right through it with her…

Hmmm... I've never heard of this before and it strikes me as incredibly complex.

I think you touch on an interesting point here. In your original statement it was "lie or be alone forever", which is miles apart from "change or be alone forever". In general I think its a good idea for everyone to remain open to changing for the better... to keep pursuing the best version of ourselves. I think that…

Reboundstudent: I think a big (though not simple) piece of it is coming to a peace with the idea that you needn't appeal to the masses of "guys". You only need the right one, and he is largely defined by his affinity and appreciation for all that YOU are. This is the underlying wisdom that supported Redbb choice to be…

Thank you so much for being such an important part of the vocal minority who have found it within them to walk the talk. I'm glad you've made it through. Not only for your value as an individual light, but as well, for that which your words may allow others to see in themselves.