Law School Discussion

Oh, excellent!  Congrats. On the acceptance, and on the kidnapping. 

Hi! This is for you PJC  

So I was reading the NYT Book Review, and became very grumpy. Review in question was for a novel about alcoholism, and at one point the reviewer states that there are some graphic moments, and that women may have trouble reading it; then asks "If Jane Austen can be considered chick lit, where is the word for this very male writing?" I had to put the paper down, I was so taken aback. For two reasons--one, the assumption that women are so "sensitive" they may have trouble reading difficult passages, where a man would not, subscribes to the stereotypical diminution of women. Second, these so-called "difficult" passages are scenes of "ugly prostitutes" getting taken every which way on the floor of the bar, etc. Jane Austen is "chick lit" because she focuses on the lives of women. Why is it that these "very male" writers almost invariably portray women in degraded ways? Is misogyny a "very male" thing to be? This is just as insulting to men as to women.

OK enough of the morning rant, I need another cuppa coffee!

WHOA Dot totally trumped my birthday song

matthies how did you manage to come across that stuff?

Morning!

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Congratulations, Tim!

And I'm with you, blueskies--I've distracted myself for the last week+ with other things, and now that it's here I'm getting anxious and antsy.