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I think we're all too worried about offending people. In this day and age, people toss around words like "retard" or "fag" or "nigger" when talking amongst their friends, just ...

You know what else is obnoxious? Girls who aren't popular are considered "normal", while guys who aren't popular are considered "geeks". (*looks up from manga *) You say "geek" like ...

These days though... I'm more inclined to say that it's just a word. I use it all the time, same as I say gay sometimes in a kind of ironic ...

The media would like you to think that MySpace is this terrible, terrible thing and everyone who goes on there is either a) a pervert or b) jail bait. Obviously, ...

Firefox says that 'blonde' isn't a word. Firefox also says "dialogue" isn't a word, so go figure. I was never really sure which way it goes. I'd heard that blonde ...

@#%^&*(! *ahem!* Depression is not "all in your head." It's a complex emotional/biological issue, not some "cheer up emo kid" thing. Also, just because it's "all in your head" doesn't ...

Technically speaking, nothing is really new any more. Nothing. What makes good fantasy, in my opinion, is using what already exists in new and interesting ways. Take the Harry Potter ...

While I agree with some of it, I have to pointedly disagree with not using computers. I can't write by hand. Can't. All that happens is I write quickly and ...

It's not terribly active, but there is a Gender Bender group for people who write characters of the opposite gender. Dunno if that helps too much?

Big cats don't kill people, stupidity kills people. This. ^ The bobcat didn't attack someone out of nowhere. It wasn't like they were walking down the street or in the ...

Things change. I don't think YWS as an institution has changed, just the people in it, and that's how things are. People come and go over time and of course ...

I've had good teachers (and bad) of both sexes, so. I don't care either way. Most male teachers are secondary/postsecondary. My elementary school had only one male teacher (but both ...

As others have said, I write wherever the computer is. In my dorm room, in my bedroom, in the library, outside on the quad ... it's one of the many ...

Plot. I can't write plot. I know that's a big problem, seeing as something has to happen for it to be a, y'know, story . Haha, seriously an issue. I ...

You'll have to be careful if you're using anything that someone else put into the story. That could potentially be a huge issue if you did publish the story as ...