That book description wasn't saying that I like Mindy Kaling (which I do), it was saying that she praised me in The New Yorker, which does not seem like a bizarre thing to include in a description designed to help sell a book.

Well I appreciate your coyness, and the indirect mention.

Though I am flattered to have my former work be referenced on this site, even indirectly. So, you know, I got that going for me.

Incidentally, I was the gent who totally went to the Gathering for the A.V. Club (and, who am I kidding, for myself, though I also like the notion that like Voldemort, my name can apparently never actually be mentioned on this site, even in regards to areas of my obsession and expertise). Heck, I even wrote a book…

You're one of the good ones, ElDan. Nathan Rabin: Changing people's minds about Juggalos since 2013.

This site has a shameful history of treating ICP and Juggalos like human beings worthy of empathy and understanding, both in its interviews with Violent J and coverage of the Gathering itself (as opposed to just the infomercials). Just wanted to pointed that out.

It is true that there is a sizable contingent of Juggalos who get off on the infamy and notoriety of Juggalos, and the fact that they're ostracized and ridiculed but I think it's lazy and not much fun to just buy into the notion that they're all morons and racists because they listen to music we don't like (and have…

If you go to the Gathering there are a lot of black Juggalos there, and a lot of ICP's music is explicitly anti-racist. But don't let that complicate your strong belief that poor white people whose taste you disdain must be vicious racists.

That is true. Wonderful things happen sometimes when you stop looking down on people and judging them and open yourself up to experience.

I find Jesse charming and delightful.

The Bridges and Stone are both strong contenders/locks for Least Essential. So very inessential!