What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

Anonymous asked: ((I hope you notice that people have been destroying your "Perfect Comeback" post. First, it's a rip-off of a twitter post. Second, it's unverified. Third, there is literally zero sexist implication in the context other than subtext that was placed there by the poster. Finally, you're not melancholic, you're just a hack whose prose is impenetrable - a pretentious academic style that tries earnestly to make itself immune to all criticism and ends up qualifying itself into meaningless obscurity))

It’s… literally a thing said to me at dinner the other night? This may come as a shock to you, but completely different people can in fact have identical experiences, especially when the issue is a common one. I don’t recall ever seeing the twitter post, but I can well believe it exists. 

Also OH NOES YOU CALLED MY STYLE PRETENTIOUS AND ACADEMIC, I’M MELTIIIIIING oh wait I don’t care

  1. nentuaby reblogged this from nentuaby and added:
    Like. There are literally women who could have done their job with their Master’s degree but got their Doctorate so they...
  2. aeivyen reblogged this from fozmeadows
  3. ltleflrt said: but like… what’s up with the parenthesis? lol
  4. peppersandcats said: …who TF thinks your writing is *impenetrable*?! It’s beautifully clear.
  5. onceuponacupoftea said: Are the brackets intended to make the ask seem less awful?
  6. ladyluthien said: If this person wants obtuse academic writing, I will happily provide him some examples. They can have a go at Lacan and Derrida and get back to me.
  7. solitarelee said: Every time someone declares a person experience “unverified” they should have to personally pay everyone else involved $10
  8. fozmeadows posted this