I am correcting you because you are mistaken about the Anne of Ingleside stuff. You wrote, "But in Anne of Ingleside, her jealousy is all about her feelings for Gilber and her fear that he doesn't love her any more."

Ah, you remember more than you think you do. I just posted this elsewhere, but I will post it again for you. Anne basically catches Fred proposing to Diana (they don't see her). Remember, she and Diana had all these silly, Story Club ideas of marrying dashing, wicked men and reforming them. Anyway, Anne says to…

I just read them again. Anne at first is surprised, that is true. She basically catches Fred proposing to Diana (they don't see her). Remember, she and Diana had all these silly, Story Club ideas of marrying dashing, wicked men and reforming them. Anyway, Anne says to herself, "What can she see in Fred Wright? …

Yeah, I think it's Melanie. That is to say, I think the book can definitely be READ that way. That's not the only way the book can be read. On the other hand, this attempted queer reading of Anne of Green Gables here does NOT work at all.

I agree a million percent. The author of the original post does not seem to understand that Anne was a Victorian child, representative of her era. And she was a lonely kid. She had Tennyson — I had her. I don't know if I would have made it without her. It is ridiculous to see this as queer. It's not. And I…

I want to deny her queerness. It's not there. The examples given are either untrue or misinterpreted. Saying she is dismayed at Diana's marriage, for example, is ridiculous. She's not. There are characters I think are gay — I have no problem with queer readings but it doesn't work here. Anne loves Gilbert.

She never boasts to Diana that Gilbert will ask her for a dance. What are you talking about? And he doesn't forget their anniversary in Anne of Ingleside — it's just that the present he bought for her has not arrived on time and he is embarrassed, so he doesn't mention it. And he is VERY worried about a patient. …

Issues, issues, issues. No one has read these books more often than I. You make too many errors for this Anne-fan. You write, "The two girls are practically inseparable until an accident has Diana drinking wine instead of one of Marilla's homemade juices. Anne, having never tasted either, did not know the…

I am serious. Can I please take this and show it to students of an example of what GREAT writing is? Honey — what you wrote — I could make a week's worth of lessons on awesome writing just from this post. A+++++ to you and extra credit forever!

Some schools have a dance each year. The last one is the biggest, the prommiest prom, I guess you could call it, but there is a dance each year.

Are you INSANE?! People like you are totally part of the problem! Have you forgotten about DOODLING?! Sheesh!

You know, I know quite a few women who were raped in college. Quite a few. One actually got her rapist expelled. It was horrible, arduous, dreadful. Today — he is a fund-raiser for a major, Ivy League University. He turned out just fine. It clearly didn't affect his miserable crust of a life AT ALL. That is so…

I do think men who are found responsible for rape should be expelled and then go to prison. But that's just me.

That explains SO MUCH — about Karl Rove.

Good for you for reading the article! Well done! It's more than I did — I admit that I should have and I was wrong. However, I am disturbed that others who don't seem to have read the article just think that an accusation is enough. But I will re-read what they wrote — perhaps in the light of the information you…

If rape victims lie, overwhelmingly, I think they lie and say they were NOT raped. However, I don't think that people who are writing these lists are necessarily rape victims. They could be liars who were never raped who have an agenda.

Post unproven allegations on dorms? Have you heard of innocent before proven guilty? Do you remember how people used to write, "For a good time, call whatever name and number" on bathroom walls? WTF? That was wrong and so is your idea. Anyone could easily say you assaulted them — easily. Didn't you ever see kids…

Look. That is true. They absolutely may be too terrified to do something other that write on a bathroom wall. However, that is not a reliable or effective way to handle what has happened to them. At best it might protect some girls who will avoid this guy. At worst, it will create a lot of sympathy for a rapist…

Said the employer who saw the name on the bathroom stall every day and never trusted that man, although she never really got to know him. But when she saw his resume, she tossed it right in the trash.

What about Brazil? I read an article today about lynchings there that terrified me. A housewife was linked to child abductions (that never happened) and allegedly resembled (not really!) a sketch on a FB page devoted to these child abductions (that never happened) and she was brutally murdered by her neighbors. For…