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“So let’s start with this first question here. [points to a microphone] "Question: This is more of a comment— "Answer: Sorry, no. This is not ‘comment and answer,’ it’s ‘question and answer.’ So unless you have a question, please give the mic over to the next person in line. "[Grumbles, leaves the microphone; scattered applause]”

Book:When the Moon Hits Your Eye

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When the Moon Hits Your Eye

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John Scalzi

John Scalzi, born on May 10, 1969, is a renowned science fiction author from the United States. His works are known for their humor, wit, and profound insights, which have won him a wide audience. His most notable series include the Old Man's War series and the Redshirts series. more

“All the while, fighting for the self-respect and independence of her tribe, she was unaware of the chains of Patriarchy that bound her too. She had no place of her own. She was a nobody without the identity of a man, first her father and now her husband. She was as insignificant as the women she wanted to fight for. Life was a loop within the boundaries society drew around women.”

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Book:Rishta Tera Mera

Source: Rishta Tera Mera

“If all people were to be judged by ‘right and wrong’, nobody would be wholly right or wholly wrong - for have not all people ‘sinned and fallen from the glory of God’? It seems more than a little unfair (and unhinged) that some folks with at least as much ‘sin’ themselves as any gay or trans person, like to jump up and down and point fingers at what other people are up to in their own lives.”

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Book:Pearls Before Swine

Source: Pearls Before Swine

“Richard Burton by Stewart Stafford Jester’s coxcomb to a fool’s translator? A brothel-creeper in a neon-puked alley, A bean-counter totalling rice grains; Surreptitious, scrumptious attic grub. Stand back, witness me Manspread! Lease me your lobes while I Mansplain! Overcome, I expire in an orchestra pit From the fumes of acute "Toxic Masculinity." Hear my epitaph: "Women aren't funny... so put on the Earl Grey, love!" Coup de grâce! Many have said where I should stick my opinion, But I leave the worst to the collective imagination. © 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“I wish you'd let my missus introduce you to one of her available lady friends." "Absolutely not. I appreciate the thought, but no. I'm not lonely or starved for feminine companionship." "What if I guarantee Margaret won't pester you with matchmaker questions?" "You cannot guarantee such a thing. She will pester me. It is a woman's nature.”