Amazing work Melissa. Wonderful in every way. I hope I read more from you in the future.

Believe me, they hit on girls who look 12, too. In fact one of my college friends looked super young - like a 12 year old - very very petite and just childlike. Full grown adult male strangers would hit on her CONSTANTLY.

Indeed. He or she is probably hiding the bed right now, won’t come out for the rest of the week at least.

Oh, bless. Your father sounds like a real handful.

This was a wonderful piece, Anna. Vivid and delightful and filled with humane insights. I could imagine a quasi-fictional novel growing out of this - the real life characters are colorful enough that they need no embellishment.

Really wonderful piece Gail, I read the whole thing - couldn’t tear myself away. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us readers.

Bernie is turning out to be just another old lefty dude who doesn’t get it.

That was really lovely, Rich. I’m so sorry for your loss.

Faith Groesbeck: HEROINE

I remember watching the coverage at the time and Joe Biden chortling away with his Senate bros - this was the ‘good old days’ when Senators could put aside their partisan differences to mock and humiliate a woman.

Good girl.

THANK YOU I LOVE IT!

You are awesome. Glad to know how to do this myself, I can only aspire to touch the hem of your genius.

Oh Joanna, you are too good for us. This is for you....

Go home Donald you drunk!

I wouldn’t say it was impossible... I think the biggest tell is that it ends without her saying who she’s going to vote for. But it did take me a while to figure it out because it is so well informed by the things people are actually saying.

You’re doing fine! English is my first language, and I am old, and I’ve been following all this closely - and I still sat here completely befuddled for longer than I’d like to admit.

WHERE DID YOU FIND SUCH BEAUTY

Perfect post is perfect!

This reminds me of the dearly missed blog How to Write Screenplays... Badly. Co-authors Jeremy Slater and [guy whose name I can’t remember] had great satirical posts about writing female characters... one description in a post devoted specifically to stereotypical female characters that still sticks in my mind 10…