Separated at birth? (WasFeminism on the P-list (wa Re: childbirth etc.))

[Peter Giordano]

I said:
>> Doesn't this sound like "I'm gonna rip your face off," an idea invented
>> somewhere in the Caribbean?  Just how many people are out there anyway?
Somebody responds:
>The Mexica/Aztec priests in the worship of Xipe Totec (a fertility
>god) would flay a sacrificial victim and done the skin themselves
>and wear it until it fell off. Back when religion meant "something".
Now I say:
The above reminds me of a line in CON AIR  (a deligthfully stupid movie) -
Something about wearing a person's head as a hat while driving across three
states
I do think that PYNCHON-L is being victimized by some serious trolling
though - The motives are varied

Peter Giordano
Williams College
Williamstown, MA