TY.

Now that’s interesting.

LOL.

Just curious; how did that professor define “literary”? Is it the focus on sentences rather than on story (the emotional journey of the protagonist)? I’ve never been able to get into “literary” writing, and I’ve been embarrassed by my taste in fiction. For instance, I’m reading Gone With the Wind right now, and it’s…

Thank you for giving this some thought! Really appreciate it.

You might have the elements of your own great novel right there.

What would you like to hear in that discussion?

“Lana Condor” is almost too good a name for a real person.

But “no homo,” right, Toure?

Snuffleupagus is not your friend, yo.

Holy shit! The food safety nerd in me feels like somebody should have called the public health department ASAP and had this restaurant closed and inspected on the spot! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. There’s almost now way in hell that the manager, much less an hourly employee knows enough about the company’s food safety…

Even there, for me it’s not so much “confront” as disagree. I tell the other guy I have judgments about his position. I try to make it clear that my reaction isn’t his problem.

a) Is it OK to say you sound sort of pre-Raphaelite and therefore lovely?

LOL. After reading a lot of comments, I’m thinking Jez might want to start focus-grouping these pieces before publishing them.

You rock.

Talking or lecturing?

You really think that’s valid?

Not a woman, but definitely a person of color here.

He was Italian and Lebanese. He would have had a pelt.

Once upon a time, Jezebel might have incorporated this perspective into its story. That story wouldn’t have just been this vituperation of “white girls” by a brown girl. It might have been women talking to each other about their experiences, samenesses and differences. Moral of the story: let’s not let the little…