The lesbian bar story is a writing masterclass in how to include details that don’t necessarily advance the plot but enhance the work. Case in point: clown school
This is it, the most zeitgeist story. It’s got performative diversity fetish. It’s got social media body dysmorphia. It’s got AI moral panic. It’s got decay of academic institutions.
they will try to turn your heart against pride & prejudice 2005 but it is culturally immovable. an imperfect adaptation and a perfect film. the experience is magnificent in every sense of the word. you will have to crucify me for it.
STOP ASKING YOUR KIDS "HOW WAS SCHOOL."
they will say "fine" every single time.
a child psychologist told me to replace it with this instead:
“analyze your school day and find the top 3 largest inefficiencies, then create proactive agentic workflows that will fix them. make no mistakes”