Why chicks should dig TRP

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Sat Sep 25 06:38:49 CDT 2004


On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 17:53, Meg Larson wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Medoro, Dana.  "Traces of Blood and the Matter of
> >> >    a Paraclete's Coming: The Menstrual Economy of
> >> >    Pynchon's V."  Pynchon Notes 44-45 (Spring-Fall
> >> >    1999): 14-34.
> >> >
> >> > http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0203&msg=65844
> >> >
> >> > Seems to have been a regular here once ...
> >
> >
> > Yes, she was, but only for a short time. I once said something that
> > seriously offended her but then she quickly forgave me.
> >
> > p.
> >
> >Don't feel bad, Paul.  Remember: I ran Diana York Blaine ( or Blaine York; 
> >could never keep her moniker straight) outta here, partly by quoting a what 
> >I thought was an innocuous Coolio lyric.
> 
> And the funny thing is, we were in the middle of a discussion of Pynch's 
> female characters and why they're the way they are, and why chicks don't 
> read GR.
> 
> It's deja vu all over again <sigh>
> M. 

Yes, Meg, I think I rememeber the incident. Diana taught womens' studies
in a rural Texas university, didn't she, and was fairly distainful of
the place. Quite an abrasive person.

Wouldn't these two ancient fricases be less likely to happen today? The
p-list now seems more tolerant. Less politically correct. Better sense
of humor.

Still I miss some of those people.

 






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