The more I obsess over the weirdness of this book release, the more I am convinced that GSAW is truly just a draft of what became TKAM and wasn’t meant or ready to be published and it makes me anxious and rage-y.

Yep. I’m not convinced that this was something she wanted published and that she hasn’t been coerced. I’m taking a pass on Go Set a Watchmen, even though I love To Kill a Mockingbird (and maybe because I love TKMB). I prefer to leave it as it is. Until something more convincing emerges to suggest that Harper Lee was…

I have been looking at the reviews and reading the articles, and I have decided that I will not purchase this book. This is hard for me because I typically purchase ALL THE BOOKS. But this is some complete bullshit that I cannot deal with. Poor Harper Lee. Her sister was the only soul who cared for her, and now she is…

Don’t let’s forget this is also all of a piece with sentencing reforms Obama pushed for, which are now being implemented and will result in the release of tens of thousands of people currently incarcerated for non-violent drug crimes. I didn’t know this last time I saw an article about his commutations, and someone…

So more than the last four presidents put together, but last time around half the comments were about how he sucks because he’s not doing enough.

Your loss.

At least Morrissey isn’t saying that Black people control the charts at the expense of white indie artists like he did in the 80s (surprise, Morrissey is an asshole).

I mean, which it is, right? They age up with the characters.

I mean they’re very definitely children’s books to start. They sort of age up with the characters, actually. Likely hard for anyone to get into that if you don’t start young, tho I’ve read them all twice thru once in my teens and again in my 20s’.

I really wish there was a process where people could nominate other posters for ungraying. I will never understand the process by which they make the determinations. So many excellent, substantive, long-time posters stay gray, while new posters who are quasi-trolls or spend most of their time insulting the site and…

You realize the victim, the actual victim in all of this is not white (by whatever the f standards we are using). That is who I feel bad about. That is the person that I don’t want to trivialize.

No. they went over the line. No sympathy, just as they showed not a hint of empathy for the girl they victimized. She’s the victim here, not the assholes that attacked her.

Yes, they suffer loneliness and they are also sociopathic monsters. When I was 19 I did a lot of stupid stuff. That mostly involved drinking too much and ghosting on guys I made out with but wasn’t interested which was pretty much all of them. I did not physically assault anyone or attempt to set them on fucking fire.…

um, voldemort, the malfoys, most of the death eaters, aunt petunia, snape... lets not make crazy broad statements that are blatantly false

Two women who are the best in the world at what they do. That’s a great photo.

Total “Oh YEAH? Well....YER MOM” time there.

THIS. This. A thousand stars, this! :D

Yeah, similar frequency to the number of female stars who claim that they eat donuts and burgers and shit and never exercise. I’m sure some of them do, but, ladies, come on. All of you? Nah.

Agreed. I hate it when celebrities do this. I don't say I was shy and dorky to seem modest and relatable. It was actually a big source of pain for me and I still sometimes have to fight back against the insecurities that became a reflex when I was a kid. I wish people wouldn't coopt other people's pain.

Eh. I think this is just a thing famous people do anymore. “I was a geek, a loner, shy,” etc. etc. to endear themselves to the public. If there had been as many nerds back in my day as those that claim to have been now, I would have had a LOT more friends than I actually did.