Therein lies the problem. Does someone’s ethnicity always have to inform their work? Does one always create through being a woman/Filipina/doctor/second-oldest sibling filter? Let’s ask Kazuo Ishiguro who wrote ‘Remains of the Day’ and ‘Never Let Me Go.’ He’s of Japanese descent but lives in England. I would say being…

and sometimes it’s not.

It seems you need to take the “attorney” out of your writing. Shorter, pithy phrases, please!

thank you.

That is not entirely fair. Anyone that wants to create should be subjected to intense scrutiny because they wanted to share an idea/vision/dream in a movie, documentary, book, poem, blog? Why can’t Ferrante’s work stand on the its own? Obviously that’s what Ferrante wanted it to be.

Agreed. George and Charlotte are adorable, but they do look like they are dressed for 1935. It seems that one of the most visible trappings of royalty or the presidency or any public office is a tendency toward conservative sartorial choices. Look at Kate. At first she was hitting the common-but-chic notes, then the…

I wouldn’t think was necessarily true. A small firm, if given the business, should hire out for the project. Never turn down that kind of money.

A huge percentage are from California. Go, Cal!

Here’s a response from Quora, which sums it up:

Simply, “oriental” is a term applied to Asians; Asians didn’t coin the term themselves. So, it’s offensive because it connotes all the exoticism found in Asia from an outside perspective...and then expects Asians to be happy about it.

I like the eloquent and well-spoken response by Mike Hayden. Why don’t we have adults who talk like adults anymore?

I’m actually way into this pairing:

She has nice penmanship.

What is really scary is the Germany-1939 mindset he’s creating during his rallies: older “patriotic” voters who verbally abuse the penned-in media, jeering and pointing fingers in the reporters’ faces for just doing their jobs.

Wow, this is amazing! If I was further along on my documentary project, I’d love to interview your friend. The fascination of cognitive dissonance.

I did too, and got in there and left some of my own comments. Ugh. People.

But what if your doctor isn’t there? That seemed to have been the crux of the problem, that and when they didn’t give her her birth options, and when they pushed the baby’s head back in. Ugh.

Mom of two here. With my youngest, when the baby’s coming, she’s coming. There’s no pushing back or “coaching not to push,” as one commenter recommended on AL.com. The train is leaving the station.

I get this. Job offers are so rare these days; they seem like unicorns.

Which story?