On beauty pageants and speculative fiction writing

This post begins with a true confession: Many years (and even more pounds) ago, I competed in pageants. Yes, I'll pause right here while you laugh your freaking head off. ..... Feel better?


( irreverent ramble, better than counting sheep )

And for the record, I'm one of those who no longer watches Miss America on TV. I could care less if it disappeared, because the pageant culture has produced an ideal that is nothing like mine, and I've gone off and joined a new social club.