That, ladies and gents, is how you give a read. Go Madame Albright.

You know, I gotta say that I thought her comment was quite eloquent. She didn't say, "Yeah, I had a shit-ton of plastic surgery. And it's find for everyone to pick apart how I look because I'm happy now." Instead, she said that in the past she made some poor choices about how to conceal her bad treatment of her body.…

Yeah, McConaughey, let's make sure we keep the spirit of the 1930s alive when it comes to race relations.

Well, "fancy" here could mean, like, a step up from chips, brownies, and soda. I think of low-key potlucks as, like, everyone brings a bag of chips except the one guy who ordered a pizza. On the other hand, I've been to potlucks where you were expected to come in jeans, but also everyone actually made something that…

It is remarkable to me how quickly they come. They must have alerts set up on her name so they can show up and be childish. I'm so fucking sick of reading their bullshit. Video games. They're threatening to murder people over video games. Jesus Christ. Go volunteer, go see people with ACTUAL problems.

Really super excited for the trolls that plan on showing up and spouting nonsense about how she's "making this up" and "playing the victim".

You get the feeling that every celebrity that shows up on Fallon's show does so because they're legitimately looking to have fun. The cheeriness from that guy just…rubs off on you. This is not a bad thing.

it was so ladylike, making it that much better, since he was being such a mandouche

Still, thinking I might have something to learn about proper nonfiction scholarship, I picked up Yardley's biography of the writer Frederick Exley—and was shocked to discover that because he wanted to write "a story instead of a study" (emphasis his), he provided not one endnote, which he dismissed as "clutter."…

You're very welcome! Wakeman was a badass- she worked on a riverboat, again disguised as a man, prior to enlisting, too. I do a female soldier impression when I do Civil War reenacting, and the whole thing is just fascinating. Those women were hardcore.

Which is strange, because when men took their uniforms more seriously, there was some pretty flamboyant accessorising going on. Men today have no respect for tradition.

Actually, I'm grateful to this "ladies' magazine" douchnozzle for bringing attention to this book. It sounds fantastic. Thanks for another book for my reading list.

I've written non-fiction history and I can tell you that, yup, I have had men demand primary documentation. Which my reply is, look at the back of the fucking book. THere's 6 pages. If you need more, email me and I'll give you everything I read. There's over 200 books on the list. I recommend starting with the thin…

it is an absurd question, the kind of question a child—or anyone wholly ignorant of the narrative nonfiction genre—would ask about how writers know things

The book sounds awesome! Civil War history is such a boys club, I'm surprised he even concedes her skills in discussing battles.

I bought this book in hardcover, when I predominately ONLY buy ebooks.

I already had this book on my to-read list, but after reading the author's response letter, it's been bumped way up the list.

I'm also angry for the many girls and women for whom the risk isn't out on a late night walk, but right in their very homes. Something about the place that should be the safest actually holding the most danger is just so cruel, and so very damaging.