So is the alarming rate of increase of obesity and diseases related to it like diabetes in America.

Perhaps you should check the definition of irony? Firstly, I complained not about Ms. West's opinion that apparently all fiction or art has to meet her standards of representation, but her jump to the conclusion that what she does and what GRRM does are in any way similar. She obviously has little-to-no understanding…

My favorite is when you get all indignant about someone responding to you with the snarky, condescending style that is the hallmark of your authorial voice. But whatevs, you've been on TV.

Good god Ms. West, you consistently just have the worst takes on things. To suggest that fiction written with the kind of writing process GRRM uses is just a writer making shit up on a whim, shows a deep lack of understanding for the craft. To say he's chosen "to exclude gay people" shows your ignorance rather than…

I think this is a pretty powerful piece. I was born in 1980 and I have never been sure to which generation I belonged. Am I the one of the very last Gen-X'ers or am I one of the very first millennials? Still, while I understand the point, I'd suggest that Gen X do one last great thing: Be the first generation to not…

Well you're wrong. He routinely criticizes Anthony for what he says, but he doesn't hate the guy just because of how he feels. That kind of racial anger is like a mental illness.

Ha ha! They didn't know how you wanted them to talk to you! It's funny because they think they are people too! LOL. Good one, Kara. You showed them.