on the contrary i don't know a story but 13 of al qaeda restaurant written by a man debussy. i think that be an interesting experiment. if anybody out there once in a fellow at the want to take me up on it, you know, because if you think certain adjectives come up, plucky. we're talking a whimsical is one. or quirky. you know, to be can sometimes feel a little patronizing. but that's the way that i probably -- >> have you ever been called quirky, julie? >> corky? probably -- i think i have. i me, i started out writing comedy before get to the serious stuff. so some of the characters were a bit quirky. i think for me it's not, the adjectives and fema. its japanese-american. so if you like i think i'd be called first and american japanese article is called a called a female writer. if i look at writers, i think actually i think i look at race before look at gender. so, i feel like i get caught somewhere in between. >> one last question and i thought we would open up to the audience for some q&a. if you're going to write a feminist novel in any period of time, self-consciously f