This week in pointless trivia.

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

As mentioned before, I think that this has to do with the catholic 
element in Pynchon. The lefty woman fucking the fascist is Pynchon's 
standard illustration of original sin (aka inherent vice). The sexism in 
this is - think Genesis 3 - a very traditional one. Could also imagine 
that Sylvia Plath' famous line "Every woman adores a Fascist" (from 
"Daddy") is another influence here.

On 06.10.2013 22:33, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> I’m also getting pretty pissed off with Pynchon (who, otherwise, I consider one of the greatest authors of all time) for this Frenesi/Lake/Maxine/Tallis (and if the latter isn’t specifically fingered as Jewish, then why did he give her a Jewish name?) lefty-woman-who-fucks-fascists trope. Where does this come from? Where are the examples, and why does he keep portraying the daughters of the left this way? And why all the shopping and pole-dancing crap. Is this supposed to convince us that Pynchon understands women? It’s insulting and sexist. Enough already!
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