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"I'd pay to read a novel about that whole mess itself."

WAITT

"I don't need to engage in a she-said, she-said battle with a 17 year old."

and then she immediately makes up some petty excuse about her mother being ill to flake and leave?!

I'm now obsessed with seeing how blatantly racist june is, it's literally hilarious

"Shut up, stay out of the spotlight, and prove you're pable of writing your own books. Preferably something that has nothing to do with Athena fucking Liu."

"We might even compare Geoff's publication history to mine. He started out strong with dozens of award-winning publications in prestigious short-story magazines."

that's nothing like June's start .....

like much of what june is saying is true, you shouldn't limit who can write what about what
however! she's also clearly extremely racist! and the more you read, the more you realise it

yeah she can write that book and technically plagiarise it a little bit maybe not that way, but my god some of the things she does def aren't good

this book is extremely interesting to me as someone who loves to say "well I think sometimes it depends" when talking about "scandals" or "controversies"

one completely misconstrued moment that seems racist but isn't, one more the same and then ...
"all I said was that their red dress really brought out the yellow undertones in their skin. jesus. I was just being nice. I didn't even like the dress that much"
uhhh hang on a second

(she's eating chinese takeaway with some middle aged chinese americans)
"the tiny grandma insists I also try the kung pao chicken and the sesame noodles, so I let her pile helpings of those onto my plate while I try not to gag."

I think the metaphors are becoming a bit too obvious now

"Kimberly later has the nerve to DM me on Instagram asking if I'd like to be a guest on her channel, and I take some vindictive pleasure in instructing her to contact me through my publicist, Emily, and then instructing Emily to ghost her. "