Caitlin Kiernan's _The Drowning Girl_

We talk about "liking" something and "disliking" something in a way that suggests that they're a very similar sort of judgment, when, in reality, "I like this" is a very different sort of claim from "I dislike this."

When you say that you like something, you're saying that you can perceive the beauty in it. And if you can perceive that beauty, then it me…