Femenist reading of IV

[rich]

though I have some minor quibbles (are we equating feminist markers with
pussy eating?-that sounds weird to me), I would admit that Shasta is the
most intriguing character in the book. Doc is a tool (not that kinda tool,
well maybe a little bit) for more interesting folks like Coy (but less than
Shasta) he's not that great an observer, having Shasta nail him with that
you all wanted to be cops spiel. e.g. (just like I think Frenesi is alot
more interesting than Zoyd--maybe Pynchon wanted to give the gals a break
after Frenesi and Lake--Shasta seems more with it, together, than the other
two)

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Robin Landseadel <
robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> Have to say i more or less agree with "He Who Would Be Alice."
>
> "Inherent Vice" is just overloaded with feminist markers—Ida Lupino and the
> "Pussy Eater's Special" among others—little subplots that actively address
> feminist themes. Of course there is a fair bit of Russ Meyer in the mix in
> Vineland and to a lesser but similar extent, in IV. It's a little hard to
> get these two particular conceptual frameworks to jibe together in a single
> mind, but there you are.
>
> Not that I'm an Anti-Semenist, mind you.
>
> Next up: Feminist readings of R. Crumb . . .
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:29 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
>
>  Well, you have to dive a little deeper into that muff. This stuff
>> ain't floating on the surface.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:21 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> more like a Semenist reading in my book
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:36 PM, alice wellintown
>>> <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps nothing Pynchon has written to date  . . .
>>>>
>>>
>  http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/61/61womeninprison.html
>>>
>>
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