Literary Clusterfucks 2013

queue marimba music. montage begins w/ amy sitting at home office computer. close up of dating website on screen. close up of amy mouse clicks. close up of amy concentrating hard. some windows moving around on computer screen. daylight in background window turns to nighttime. bar plots in excel. more concentration face. crumpled up piece of paper flies into trash bin. "Height:" *types 5'3"* frustration face. *backspace,backspace* *types 2"* renewed determination face. more mouse clicks. marimbas stop. amy noticeably tired face. clicks 'upload.' upload bar fills up and amy collapses into bed as scene fades out.

scene fade in. it's morning, and amy's computer has transformed into a real boy.

fmscout needed badly for this game

uh it's not awesome because of the way it tells women to stop being mouthy and 'achieving' and straighten their hair? for starters

holy shit @ this thread

it would be hilarious if it was hilarious

uh it's not awesome because of the way it tells women to stop being mouthy and 'achieving' and straighten their hair? for starters

― maura, Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:47 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

think this is kind of a tongue-in-cheek thing, considering it's written by a curly-haired CEO with a book deal.

like obvs I haven't and never will read the book but this seems less like a misogynistic facebook macro and more like someone fucking around with dating sites. Plus the thing was probably adapted from the book by a subeditor at wsj and not the author herself.

jfc i've been away from computers for a few days, do i have to read all this

No

thx

needs a subeditor from wsj imo

missed her chat last night, o well

now we'll never know the truth ;_;

shouldn't have scheduled her chat opposite the Golden Globes

Alisa Valdes ‏@MizAlisa
Dear Extreme Feminists Who Keep "Reviewing" Without Reading My Book: You are perpetuating the combative irrational feminist stereotype.

http://jezebel.com/real-housewife-melissa-gorgas-new-book-advocates-mar-1371722729

"literary"

bump for literary clusterfucks 2014

bloggers write books now

i didn't know what alt-lit was until today. what a way to find out!

go on

trigger warning: http://gawker.com/hip-alt-lit-editor-quits-public-writing-career-after-ra-1640785729

sincerely hope you're not invested in defending that guy

fp

wow that gawker piece really bummed me out

his explanation for his behavior? the patriarchy.

there is a rather amazing incident at the bottom of the comments

what a piece of shit.

this one too? http://jezebel.com/alt-lit-icon-tao-lin-accused-of-horrific-rape-and-abuse-1641641060

never going to get famous or do sex ever again

what do you mean by that

its just my plan for the future

why post it in response to that

idk why dont u unpack it for me

jho under incredible pressure rn, whats he got

i'll help: he doesn't want 2 exploit anyone, unleash the monster that is him on ppl

u owe me 1 now m8

i'm sincerely asking before assuming you're calling her a false accuser? i can't figure any other reason

well ur not very imaginative, tho i suspect that you would enjoy assuming that

imo it is possible 2 have sex &or be famous w/o committing criminal offences, hard tho i appresh

i dont understand how people with any public profile at all survive knowing the internet could start saying mean things about them at any time, let alone accuse them of serious crimes, especially people who have committed serious crimes, i wld just die from preemptive mortification and guilt

well ur not very imaginative, tho i suspect that you would enjoy assuming that

― lag∞n, Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:47 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

why would i enjoy that?

a cool thing about being a sociopath is you generally don't feel any remorse or shame for the horrible things you do, b/c other people aren't important and getting what you want is all that's important xp

just getting that vibe u seem coiled ready to pounce xp

so why won't you do sex ever again

so ppl like T4o L1n or other ppl who entrap vulnerable teenagers in abusive situations probably don't live in fear of exposure b/c they don't believe they've done anything wrong whatsoever, at all

yeah they say most rapists are both repeat offenders and dont understand that theyve raped anyone

which simultaneously makes perfect sense and is unfathomable

fuck tao lin forever. i guess "richard yates" was more real than i thought/hoped it was.

just getting that vibe u seem coiled ready to pounce xp

― lag∞n, Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:52 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't like doing this and nowadays i usually just fuck off when people in a thread piss me off but i'd like to know if a poster i like is being an asshole

^