tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post5677067395400616825..comments2024-03-26T18:28:06.391-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: New Beginning 988Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-15859487852676931322014-09-04T10:35:28.876-04:002014-09-04T10:35:28.876-04:00Just as an aside EE, in the middle east the workin...Just as an aside EE, in the middle east the working week is Sunday to Thursday, and until last year Oman and Saudi Arabia had a working week of Saturday to Wednesday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-56987904139820240052013-01-10T21:41:47.050-05:002013-01-10T21:41:47.050-05:00I got news for you guys. WHen I started grade scho...I got news for you guys. WHen I started grade school in 1957, my Mother went to work and worked five days a week every week after that until the late 1980's... Many of the women I worked with were professionals with college degrees and children.<br /><br />So this "wife who has to stay home and not work" did strike me as dystopic and unusual. <br /><br />I read the statement <i>"No married women had jobs anymore."</i> as odd and unusual and I wondered why and for that alone I would have read on. Dave Fragmentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217202416002233005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-23077129350361519532013-01-10T12:21:01.014-05:002013-01-10T12:21:01.014-05:00Where I live 30 years ago women didn't even TA...Where I live 30 years ago women didn't even TALK or go to school or work. An observation, no need of a snark reply.The world works differently in different places. That's all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-34043239039582287912013-01-09T18:58:35.210-05:002013-01-09T18:58:35.210-05:00I'm having trouble with the dystopia thing.
...I'm having trouble with the dystopia thing. <br /><br />See, it wasn't so long ago that a married woman was expected to quit her job. If she didn't, she was considered to be taking work from a man who needed it. My mother remembers this well. It's recent history.<br /><br />Whereas in much of the world today, "women" are forced into marriage-- or prostitution-- when they ought to be in primary school. Now *that's* a dystopia.<br /><br />So... I dunno. The writing's good but I'm hoping this dystopia is gonna get a little more dystopic.AlaskaRavenclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-60523480307116272502013-01-09T13:53:57.166-05:002013-01-09T13:53:57.166-05:00I also got a Handmaid's Tale/new dystopia vibe...I also got a Handmaid's Tale/new dystopia vibe from this beginning, but it intrigued me and I would definitely read on. Mr Baskervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222948226530471237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-88236268074434364372013-01-09T13:22:00.078-05:002013-01-09T13:22:00.078-05:00I find it a bit weird that Natalie's the one w...I find it a bit weird that Natalie's the one whose life has been shattered, yet the story apparently isn't about her. Eh. Apart from that, it's okay.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-44014141703375872852013-01-09T12:55:12.078-05:002013-01-09T12:55:12.078-05:00The Sunday reference was the only part of this tha...The Sunday reference was the only part of this that bothered me. On one hand it left me wondering what Sundays had become in what new dystopia (think Handmaid's Tale), on the other hand, I was simply puzzled why the non-standard work day. Dave Fragmentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217202416002233005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-44354527831873315462013-01-09T11:27:34.063-05:002013-01-09T11:27:34.063-05:00If she were really acting like it was his fault, s...If she were really acting like it was his fault, she'd have flinched when he tried to kiss her, rather than when the phone pinged.<br /><br />Intriguing opening. Intriguing that married women no longer have jobs. Also intriguing that we're singling out Sunday, as it's the day we'd least expect a couple to leave for work together, even if they both had jobs. Is Sunday the only work day in this time and place?Evil Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-29364945960560656512013-01-09T11:19:41.662-05:002013-01-09T11:19:41.662-05:00Unchosen continuations:
Maybe I shouldn't ha...Unchosen continuations:<br /><br /><br />Maybe I shouldn't have married her. Maybe I should have done what Karl and Rob said, and just kept her around, like a doll or something. But I couldn't do that. Not to her. Not to my Natalie. <br /><br />Not after skinning her and stuffing her to look so deliciously perfect. No. We had to be married.<br /><br />--Khazar-khum<br /><br /><br />The bus glided to a halt right on schedule and I climbed on. Most of the seats were already taken and the other passengers stared at me. That was when I realised this was he first Sunday Natalie hadn't reminded me to put my trousers on. Now this felt awkward.<br /><br />But on the other hand, the minx would soon be eligible for a job again.<br /><br />--rilEvil Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.com