I've spent some six months on a quest to find Jeanette Winterson's "Oranges are not the only fruit", and yesterday this quest ended in a success
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The thing I find deeply disturbing about her childhood story is the way she describes her mother. I believe the woman was loving if not caring; even abusive parents or the ones imposing their worldview on their children, are in fact sure the kid will be better off that way. Yeah, Winterson has every right to be angry at her mother, but the world is more than black-and-white. The lovestories didn't appeal to me as well, but the fact I found really interesting about them: queerness, oft portrayed as smth oppressing, here is shown as smth liberating, letting Jeanette see beyond set horizons (or, if sticking to the original metaphor, choosing other fruits than oranges :) ) But what I liked best about the story were the parts on history & storytelling, because yeah, those are my big fetishes :)
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The lovestories didn't appeal to me as well, but the fact I found really interesting about them: queerness, oft portrayed as smth oppressing, here is shown as smth liberating, letting Jeanette see beyond set horizons (or, if sticking to the original metaphor, choosing other fruits than oranges :) )
But what I liked best about the story were the parts on history & storytelling, because yeah, those are my big fetishes :)
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