Monica Jackson has accused the Bitches of being afraid to pick up a black romance lest it sully our hands. Does this mean we’ve finally made it? Monica bringing up the race card with sundry heavy insinuations of how the reviewers are reluctant to read books penned by black people, period (not just black romances) could perhaps be a sort of trial-by-fire for new romance-related sites that don’t bring up Beverly Jenkins at their inception.
Because, y’know, we’re a really young site. Take a look at the archives. I know, it’s hard to imagine life before us Smarty Bitchypoos, but try really, really hard, mmmmkay?
Second of all: If Monica had waited two, three months tops, basically after I was done with all my current library books, she would’ve seen a review of one of her books on this here site (very probably In My Dreams, since it sounds really interesting). Five whole months for a brand-new review/rant website to get to a black romance--is that some kind of record? Do we deserve some kind of prize? Or at least a cookie? Would we beat even Mrs. Giggles? How long did her site exist before she started reviewing black romance novels? Inquiring minds want to know.
I’ll tell you what, though: I like Monica because she brings on the full-on snark, and she’s not afraid to speak her mind. No pussyfooting, no coy withholding of names. The gloves are off, ladies! Hie thee to the comments on her blog to see what develops during the day.
Addendum: Monica took back some of the snarlier things she said about us. So much for my hopes for a vicious cat-fight.
Oh great. Now people Googling for “bitches cat fight humping” are going to find us, too.
Whoo-hoo, Smart Bitch Candy, you wasted no time!
# 1. There is almost no such thing as “a race card.” Note I said almost. Of course I never have the need to use one. I only make pointed observations, not kill white girls or get my ass beat by cops.
#2. I backed off my pre-third-cup-of-coffee snark on you and your site with the actual words, “personally unwarranted” and “wasn’t fair.”
(This will be an exceedingly rare occurrence, so don’t get used to it).
#3. Thanks for the traffic! ;-)
--Another Smart Bitch
Yes, I was actually going to add an addendum to this entry that the cat-fight has fizzled. Rats. And here I was hoping to escalate and garner yet more attention that way, damn your eyes!
To get it really going, Candy, you gotta write some full-out outrageous racist shit and keep it coming like you got the runs, no matter how much fun I make of you.
You didn’t come close to qualifying at all.
:-( Think of the traffic we could have had!
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04.01.05 at 10:03 AM |