Frenesi

kelber at mindspring.com kelber at mindspring.com
Mon Mar 23 12:20:05 CDT 2009


Not a whole lot of room for Frenesi to develop her nurturing side.  Frenesi's rejection of her baby, primarily out of allegiance to the child-loathing Vond, seems out of step with the basic tenets of fascism:  the Nazi-endorsed "kinder, kuche, kirche" slogan, payments to young couples who produced lots of babies, etc.  Fascism wants to regulate childbirth, paying women to have or not have kids, if need be.

Vond prefers Frenesi to be a whore rather than a mother, even the mother of his own children.  That seems a little odd if his emotional intention is to own and colonize her.  

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>


>Yes, we have to assume that Frenesi has a nurturing side too, in addition to 
>her inner fascist.
>
>P.




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