CoL49 and feminism

[rich]

human is always more beautiful than male or female

see Sally Potter's Orlando

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> From a blog from Washington City Paper: "A Very Androgynous Christmas"
> Posted by Amanda Hess :
>
>        This is what was so refreshing to me about the book (written,
>        yes, 40 years ago): gender is barely noticeable as an aspect of
>        Oedipa’s character. None of her actions evoke the explanation
>        “because she is a woman.” And while she has relationships
>        and sex and all that jazz, she comes off as just human, not
>        female. The fact that this was so clear and surprising and
>        refreshing in the Crying of Lot 49 made me realize how
>        oppressively gender can shape the characters of other works.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/r7vny7
>