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Melissa
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On a mission to say nice things to strangers for no good reason.

Academic editor, copywriter, cook, promoter of freedom.
What I notice about this is that Azizi seems to have zero understanding of companies' liability when employing someone who is openly, vocally, aggressively racist. Ahh, I see, this summer child has never had a private sector job. The Germans call these people Fachidioten.
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I reject a world in which paisley accent pieces don't class up a suit.
December 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Central bins at Walgreens
December 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I am down with a lie buying a beating.
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Oops! Kirk Cameron is involved. It's more Jew fetishizing by evangelicals.
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
She certainly doesn't want me to go through her chapters with a red pen.
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The reaction to Jasmine Crockett running for Senate reminds me to let folks know this book exists.
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My apologies to Ex Libri; this author has a chapter in a partner-publication at Libri Publishers. I extend my apologies to them as well.
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Seriously:

if you can’t find a publisher willing to take a risk on a new author and don’t want to self-publish then Partner Publishing could be for you.

www.libripublishing.co.uk
libri > Home
www.libripublishing.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
First, please do not call a chapter in an Ex Libri publication peer-reviewed. Second, no, you're wrong.

APA 7: "Racial and ethnic groups are designated by proper nouns and are capitalized. Therefore, use “Black” and “White” instead of “black” and “white”."

apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma...
apastyle.apa.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Just to that next corner...
December 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Hi, I'm a higher education-level academic editor with global clients. You most certainly can capitalize black when referring to people. See:

apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma...

www.ap.org/the-definiti...

www.righttouchediting.com/2021/10/28/b....

news.uchicago.edu/story/5-chan....
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Gandhi's "Seven Social Sins":
Politics without Principle
Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Knowledge without Character
Commerce without Morality
Science without Humanity
Worship without Sacrifice
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM