Had a fun time the other day actually as old ladies at work were talking about books and praising JK for "writing all that while a homeless single mother, recovering from her X" while I'm desperately trying to steer the conversation towards Good Authors
-
-
Replying to @Demodeview @arthur_affect
sounds like a miserable experience
2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @Nymphomachy
Oh my God they upgraded her from "unemployed" to "homeless" Ha ha wow
2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
Yeah they were like "oh she had a bed at her sisters but couldn't stay during the day, she was wandering around practically homeless" and since I'm a work I can't just scream "She's a shitty terf and second rate at her best, talk about better writers!"
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @Demodeview @Nymphomachy
It's a very misleading definition of "homeless" (does not own a lease or title to her own home), just as honestly it's a misleading definition of "unemployed" (choosing not to pursue employment for the time being and to work on her novel instead)
2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
eh, i think being strict about homelessness is kinda harmful. if you're couch surfing, sleeping out of your car, etc, you're still in a profoundly unstable life situation that can make everything else very hard for you.
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @perdricof @Nymphomachy
Fair enough, but a couch surfer or someone sleeping in their car does qualify for the literal definition of "homeless" (no permanent address) and I would argue staying with your sister is not the same thing
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
At least, staying with family (with no immediate prospect of getting kicked out) is as different from couch surfing as couch surfing is from actually sleeping rough or in a shelter
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
i'm not an expert on saint joanne's personal history, so i won't comment other than to say that having a bed at your sister's is not necessarily the same as a permanent, reliable place to live
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @perdricof @Nymphomachy
I mean I fully admit my impulse to downplay her life of hardship is built on personal animus here It is worth noting she herself felt the need to correct the record on this (she was "as poor as you can be in modern Britain without being homeless" but not actually homeless)
2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
And she also commented that she was uncomfortable with people saying she "had no choice" but to spend the day writing in cafés and diners and doing so was in fact by choice, because she's always enjoyed writing in public spaces (because otherwise it makes her sister sound bad)
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.