These are two different things, though :)

Why is it inherently disrespectful? Who says?

Well said.

I totally disagree, both with respect to how her statement comes across, with respect to the substance of her practices.

It’s a completely wild, comic ride, while at the same time being pretty deeply unsettling - and moving. The observations and language are remarkable, and each of the characters is completely unforgettable (literally).

Holy smoke, I conflated the two of them.

Edited because I AM A DUMBASS.

Huh, I would feel better if I picked the underdog.

I am nuts about Shirley Jackson, and The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle are two of the most wonderful, scary, moving books that I know.

I also loved Possession when I first read it, but it’s super uneven, as is her Babel Tower.

I was just thinking about Machen and Chambers recently, nice to see someone has been subject to the same brainwaves!

I never read his atheist stuff, but The Selfish Gene and (even more so) The Extended Phenotype were revelatory when I read them.

I could never get into Dostoevsky. Every book of his that I read just disappeared from my mind.

First of all, I love book posts/threads, here’s to more of them! (I’m new to AV Club, I came over from One Of The Other Sites).

It’s true! Bound FTW!

True.

OMG YES

Popular hot takes are still hot takes.

I don’t know all of these, but Beals is pretty great.

#notjustsororities