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Jody DiPerna
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Lovechild of the Rust Belt & Appalachia.
Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.
Also unlike the original Biggest Loser, the contestants are actually healthier and happier because hoarding wealth like that is a serious illness.
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
They continue to give away money until they have a 900 million dollars left. Unlike the actual Biggest Loser, audiences aren't watching to engage in their worst instincts to make fun of fat people and revel in Jillian Michaels behaving like an abusive husband. cont'd ...
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Unwatchable!
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Yup
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
They have been incredibly boring for DECADES
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
4/ I pray that Crown overpaid this bloated hack and they lose a ton of money on this. Not that they ever learn any lessons from this kind of bullshit.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I tried to tell people, but they didn't listen. They were fooled by the hoodie.
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"When you publish with an independent or university press, you don't wake up on Tuesday to find out you share a publishing house with Steven Miller." (although I'm pretty sure she had referred to Mike Pence, the sentiment remains.)

'Unfettered' refers more to his inflated ego than anything else.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
3/ an imprint of Penguin and it makes me think of something Meg Reid, the director of the fantastic publishing house Hub City said years ago about the big five/big five publishers. ...
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
2/ writing negative reviews. If I was covering it, that meant I thought there was something worthwhile there. That was the approach.

Enter, 'Unfettered,' and, my god, what I would love to write about this book. 'Unfettered' is published by Crown Publishing ...
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM