On Honorifics, Copy Editing, Patronizing Men, and Homosexuality
My New Orleans A rambling blog about Joseph Epstein 12/15/2020 I know different stories resonate in different corners of the internet as we all build our own online bubbles. A couple of months ago, I asked my husband over dinner whether he thought what J.K. Rowling had Tweeted was transphobic and whether she should be “canceled” for it. I’d been reading Facebook posts and blogs and thinkpieces all day, and I was totally ready for a rigorous intellectual debate over meatloaf and wine. “What the hell are you talking about?” he said. “The Harry Potter writer? What did she do?”