How Watermelons Became Black: Emancipation and the Origins of a Racist TropeChildren are fickle. Henry Evans missed his nanny, Clara, and cried for days when she left, but...Black, William R.University of North Carolina PressThe Journal of the Civil War Era...
It's become a tedious trope, the Beltway journalist who goes on a red state safari to ask Donald Trump voters if they still like Trump. It frustrates smart readers because invariably the answer is "yes" yet the rationale is typically incoherent babble. Even that would be fine, if these r...
All of that said, there are a few situations in which you might not want banter to be even. If one of your characters has power over the other, it might be prudent to favor the less powerful character. For instance, a general might be ruthlessly teased by several of their soldiers and...