Hang them by their ankles, I say!

Jennifer Crusie is awesome. Not only does she write amazingly funny and heartwarming romances, she also seems to be a person of wit and forthrightness. I like her, I do.

There was a meltdown at the most recent RWA awards and Ms. Crusie had a few things to say in relation to the events. They make a great deal of sense when applied to the real world, as well as the world of writers and women's organizations:

"I think it's that world-building thing. We create entire worlds in our heads and fill them with people who think like we do. Then we go out into the real world and there are these IDIOTS who disagree with us and it is clearly our responsibility to do what's best even though they disagree because obviously they're in the minority, they're antagonists, they must be defeated."

"It may be true that everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten, but as I remember it wasn't just playing nice and taking time-outs, it was also bashing that little bully over the head with a shovel if she got selfish and started making life hell for the others in the sandbox. If we don't stop the people who are so blind that they're hurting the organization, we're going to need that shovel to take care of everything that comes at us afterward, and saying, "We meant well, we had a plan, we were playing nice, we believed everybody felt the same as we did" is just not going to help."

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