To modify a quote from Andrea Dworkin, “If this is [post]feminism, it deserves to die ( Read more... )

( I'm trying to quote the whole interview so just read: From: http://www.theparisreview.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5863 )

Ok, I read a little more of that blog (from the previous entry) and came across this quotation, which reminded me of an entry I wanted to make of my own: "Whenever I meet with someone who is considering the ministry (God help them) I tell them, very openly that if they can do anything else with their lives, then they should ( Read more... )

Dear Caitlin [etc ( Read more... )

“To be quite candid-- and what I am going to say now is something I never said before, and I hope it provokes a salutary little chill-- I know more than I can express in words, and the little I can express would not have been expressed, had I not known more ( Read more... )

"It looked to me vulnerable, playful and naive, like some strong-snouted animal whose grotesque simple looks are some sort of guarantee of good will."

( The rest of the passage... )

It's nice to be able to read about politics again. I feel a bit of trepidation around the asthmatic front, but if anyone can keep dander in check, Obama can. I have no doubt that he'll take all the necessary preventative measures, i.e. weekly baths with a moisturizing shampoo--remember that dry skin can increase dander!--and a special comb to ( Read more... )

Dear Writer ( Read more... )

Is it that paper money smells like cocaine, or just that we associate cocaine with the smell of paper money? (You know, from back in the day when you smelled but did not sniff ( Read more... )

"I dislike Jane, and am prejudiced, in fact, against all women writers. They are in another class." - Nabokov

This quote has never made me feel as conflicted as it perhaps should. It's not as if I lie awake at night regretting that he said it. He was a man of strong opinions, and thank god that he was.

But one thing I do regret is that he did ( Read more... )