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My Petition for Someone To Please Kindly Inform Me of the Next Petition, Thank You Very Much.
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My Petition for Someone To Please Kindly Inform Me of the Next Petition, Thank You Very Much.

I'm signing everything, goddamn it.

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ABOVE: Not me.

Many people imagine the life of a writer to be pleasant, blessed even. And in many ways it is. But the truth is more complex. Because not only only must we write, find an audience and face criticism, we also have to sign petitions.

Lots of petitions, the more the better.

Not because the issue the petition aims to correct has vexed us for v…

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