Unsubscribe, Please: A Literary Feud So Significant That It Deserves a Post.

Concept of Irony and Justin Kahn were once friends with major up and coming writer Shannon Simpson.

We used to post her private correspondence to save us time from writing. Sometimes we did it without giving her credit. Actually, frequently.

But an email received today, makes that friendship no longer possible.

We at COI, believe in satire. And ridicule. But there are lines that MUST be drawn.

It is hard for all of us around here to believe. Not two weeks ago we were considering changing the name of this blog to "Concept of Irony featuring Shannon Simpson."

But today's email, making fun of the documentary film Helvetica , rules out that and many other possibilities.

As serious writers we believe that the typeface Helvetica,is worthy of a documentary film--and an extra heaping of respect. Not an email subject line that reads HELVETICA!? more like HEL-YEAH!-TICA!!!!

If she in fact, "just called and pre-ordered 15 tickets so I can have a whole area to myself with no annoying whispering or weeping to disturb me," Justin and COI would commend her. Instead we break away from her. Publicly rebuking her and making it clear that if she is ever to grace the pages of COI it will be only after she rejects her foolhardy arrogance that undermines the respect all typefaces deserve.