February 2012
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“I laughed when I saw it: surely this was some kind of hilarious New Yorker...”
– The Rejectionist: Special Guest Post: Meg Clark on Jonathan Franzen
Franzen angers me.
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Planning a sleepaway writing camp.
ros: At meals someone would ask you how things are going and how long you spent just staring out the window.
ros: and they would just give you a disappointed face and not say anything if you gave a bad answer.
guil: We should find a way, charge money so we can do it for free.
ros: "Come to our fabulous Get Writing Done camp. It costs three times the actual expenses to attend."
ros: "You will get a complimentary travel mug as a bonus treat."
guil: "Productivity has been shown to increase 50%* (*statistics may vary.)
guil: "Has helped hit writers, like Guil who once took her play to a reading."
ros: Dang, I started reading that as that we would hit writers.
ros: and i laughed really loud
ros: I'm still laughing a little
guil: Hahaha, that's way better
ros: "If you do not improve we will beat you"
guil: "We will hit you with mallets"
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“What is it then that makes girls averse to science fiction? Could it be the...”
– ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ and Its Sci-Fi Heroine - NYTimes.com
Nearly everything about this article makes my eye twitch.
What makes girls averse to science fiction? You. You do. You with your gendering of everything, and assuming that girls act and think in concert, making girls who like sf/f feel like...
