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Florence King

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The Resume

    (January 5, 1936-January 6, 2016)
    Born in Washington, District of Columbia
    Humorist and essayist
    Columnist for 'National Review'
    Wrote 'Southern Ladies and Gentlemen' (1975), 'WASP, Where Is Thy Sting?' (1977), 'Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady' (1985), 'Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye' (1989), 'Lump It Or Leave It' (1990), 'With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look at Misanthropy' (1992), 'The Florence King Reader' (1995), 'STET, Dammit!' (2002) and 'Deja Reviews: Florence King All Over Again' (2006)

Why she might be annoying:

    She wrote pornographic stories, pulp fiction and erotica under various pen names.
    She expressed regret at revealing her bisexuality, saying she did not want to be part of the 'gay liberation movement.'
    She retired from the 'National Review' (2002) only to come back four years later.
    She was a self-described misanthrope.
    When an interviewer asked, 'Why do you hate people?' she replied, 'Who else is there to hate?'

Why she might not be annoying:

    Molly Ivins plagiarized from her book 'Southern Ladies and Gentlemen' in a column.
    She has been described as 'the world's funniest bisexual Republican.'
    George Will wrote that if H.L. Mencken were still alive, he would be Florence King.
    Commenting on maintaining her grandmother's standard of manners, she noted, 'No matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the street.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 83 Votes: 59.04% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying