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Mal Speranza's avatar

There's a reason most of the Wonkette authors don't interact much in the notcomments, and its a sad one: people get pretty bent out of shape and cranky toward authors.

Since when do we get offended because one of us calls another one of us "babe" or "D00d" or even ... "wrong"?

Sara Benincasa has her own style. Doesn't mean it has to be the same thing as what other authors do. She also has a long history at Wonkette and, if I recall correctly despite my mild case of scrapy, she helped set Wonkette's unique prose style. I am glad to see her byline back again, but OK, fine, not every post by every member of the Wonkette masthead is always to my taste. (Occasionally Evan's focus on the penises of evil people depresses me a little. I love Dok, but I got tired of the My Little Pony thing long before he did. Whatever.) So it goes.

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NatalyaResists's avatar

This is an awesome post. I did not know about this phenomenon and now I do. Thank you Sara. I got very sick in May of 2022 and was subsequently diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. It changed every aspect of my life overnight. I have been doing ALOT of sitting and am coming to terms with the fact that I am not a lesser person for it. I DESERVE a rest. Thanks TJ Mack.

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