What if he died on the toilet while Russian hookers urinated on him?  Would he still be a right-wing martyr then?

I’m worried he might win. If his supporters are this willing to publicly debase themselves, who knows what they’re capable of.

I mean, a lot of resume “rules” exist for the convenience of HR reps and not any practical purpose.

This is the real story here. Major media is understating this as padding, embellishing or exaggerating, but that implies that there is some basis in truth. Ex: Claiming to have graduated with honors when you actually only graduated. Or claiming to have graduated when you only attended. Or claiming an actual degree…

Excellent. I love that she was celebrated (which she deserves) and when Kavanaugh made his first public speech, the amazing people at We Demand Justice looped her testimony on a giant screen outside where everyone attending had to see it, had women dressed as handmaiden’s where people had to walk past them to enter,…

I wish Kara was still here with Shade Court because this from the attacked student

Yeah, I’ve been lukewarm on her for a few years now because she seems to always “clap back” at people for the most innocuous things. I was super surprised too and thought it was a photoshopped reply when I saw it as a screenshot through someone else. Went and digged for it myself and let the disappointment sink in. 

Yes, her books are extremely white (nothing wrong with that, sometimes authors just write from their own experience/upbringing. Think J.K. Rowling). They all take place in the same universe if I remember correctly. All the characters live in neighboring towns from one another. I read a few of them when I was in middle…

she saw something she felt hurt by, called it out, and friends supported her.

I didn’t see it as low standards as much as an acknowledgement of reading levels and audience. So many ppl commenting seem like they haven’t read Dessen’s work... which is definitely at an 8th/9th grade complexity level. I would also find it really strange to find on a college reading list!

Honestly it sounded pretty tongue-in-cheek to me and it got blown WAY out of proportion. Was it a dumb thing to state on the record? Sure. Is it worth these ladies public shaming? Fuck no. 

I think the author's response kind of retroactively justified her comment.

I opened the replies to Dessen’s tweet and immediately developed the Sam Neill madness from Event Horizon. Like a suburban cargo cult built around a Precious Moments edition of Lean In.

Right? And the books are not at the level that should be recommended reading by a university or college. YA genre is rarely recommended reading in high schools, because they’re intentionally entertaining page turners and not always deeply layered and thought out. And entertaining page turners are great but not…

I didn’t see anyone saying ‘These books are bad and no one should read them’ this person literally said ‘These books are not at a level that really fit a college programme’ which is fine. There’s many different books out there at varying levels and not everything can be pulled apart at a college level. 

Nothing says fighting the patriarchy like calling a random young woman a “fucking bitch” amirite ladies

Truly, the person who compared this to Larry Nassar’s systematic abuse of girls and women needs to get a hold of themselves. That they thought one very successful woman’s bruised ego was equivalent to the pain caused to tens of women who were sexually assaulted multiple times is incredibly insulting to his victims. 

So Nelson didn’t say “these books are only for teenage girls,” speaking of taking Nelson at her word and not putting things in her mouth. Maybe abide by your own standards, you have already set, about not being an internet stranger who interprets her words for her.

“The issue here is that what she did went well beyond “not liking the book””

Right? Someone has some Google alerts for their name mentions.