Men Explain Lolita To Me

[Charles Albert]

(takes quick inventory)


That would be me.


love,
cfa

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Danny Weltman <danny.weltman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would be interested in how one might reconcile Mark's claim that many
> responses are challenging the thesis thoughtfully in a way that
> demonstrates careful engagement with the whole argument, on the one hand;
> with your claim that responses to the article aren't much more than just
> expressions of frustration and/or indignation, on the other hand. I suspect
> at best only one of you can be right, but I might be missing something.
>
> Danny
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In it's short form, I don't think the response ranges far beyond
>> frustration and/or indignation. Which, I suspect, motivated the piece in
>> the first place.
>>
>>
>> love,
>> cfa
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Danny Weltman <danny.weltman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure it's fair to call something "long exhausted" if it's able
>>> to generate voluminous discussion, as this piece most certainly can.
>>>
>>> Danny
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thesis?
>>>>
>>>> Or long exhausted trope?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> love,
>>>> cfa
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Typical of Solnit: witty,engaging, sharp but balanced, and a pleasure
>>>>> to read. Many of the responses seem to prove her thesis with unexpected
>>>>> ease.
>>>>> > On Dec 17, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Matthew Taylor <
>>>>> matthew.taylor923 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thoughts on Rebecca Solnit's latest?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > http://lithub.com/men-explain-lolita-to-me/
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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