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Reviews for A Weighty Problem

deejay2016.03.15 - 09:32PM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
This was just great. You said it all as it should be said, and it was encouraging in tone. Good for you.

duj2013.03.14 - 03:44PM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
It was quite a surprise to me to find other reviewers interpreting "Bring on the marshmallows" as an expectation of being flamed. I saw it as part of the story - a perfect ending line, because it places us in the story ourselves, as fellow weight/impulse/comfort-strugglers - not as a comment on the story. In fact, I thought it the best line of all. Was that juxtaposition really unintended? Ah, well, serendipity.

duj2013.03.14 - 03:36PM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
In the home in vs hone in debate, I side with the latter, and I quote in defence The NewYorker: "There are a couple of ways of looking at this. One is prescriptive: “hone in” is an error for “home in.” Another is descriptive: “hone in” is an improvement on “home in,” enjoying the connotations of the verb “to hone” (Web 11)—“to make more acute, intense, or effective... Grammarist: "...there are arguments in its favor. Hone means to sharpen or to perfect, and we can think of homing in as a sharpening of focus or a perfecting of one’s trajectory toward a target. So while it might not make strict logical sense, extending hone this way is not a huge leap..." and word-detective: "The substitution of “hone” for “home” is not a mere spelling mistake; there’s actually a bit of logic to it. “Hone” has been used in a figurative sense since the mid-19th century to mean “practice or refine,” and we often speak of “honing one’s skills.” So, for instance, narrowing one’s focus to the most important task on a given day might be plausibly seen as “honing” one’s productivity. From there it’s a short jump to “honing in” on your top priority..." Language shifts; that's what gives it richness.

Sarablade2012.07.30 - 03:13AM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
It's very late but maybe sbd is still reading this. I fnd it stunning that with all their obvious faults (Death Eater, anyone?), overweight is what makes people turn around in disgust... thanks for writing, and no flames at all....

Jong_Kahn2011.02.09 - 09:00PM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
Very nice twist to the usual tale. Thanks for a job well done.

pathseeker2010.07.26 - 02:27PM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
I really liked this! It seems so obvious to me that we are all the same, just people, under the skins and defenses we erect to keep each other away -- whether it it be on purpose or not. Prejudice against "overweight" people is STILL just prejudice after all -- even when it is against our own selves!

SAMANTHAKITTY2008.07.26 - 08:16PM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
BY ALL MEANS,OPEN MARSHMALLOWS,WARM THE HOT FUDGE, AND BREAK OUT THE GRAHAM CRACKERS. NICE TO KNOW THAT WE ALL AREN'T PERFECT(GREAT HAIR,STRAIGHT TEETH, TALL AND WILLOWY) IMPERFECTIONS RULE! HERES' TO BEING JUST PLAIN FOLK. GOOD JOB.

amsev2008.06.30 - 02:20AM1: A Weighty ProblemSigned
"They had always known who they were even if nobody else had to foresight to look deeper than their skin." Very well done.

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