Men Explain Lolita To Me

Charles Albert cfalbert at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 12:35:34 CST 2015


Exactly,,,

love,
cfa

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:48 PM, <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thats what bothers me about this new brand of click-driven cultural
> politics.. I know we all have a long, long way to go toward a just society.
> But a lot of what I see doesn't advance a debate - it's there to elicit the
> confirmation bias of supporters and the irritation of those in other camps.
> As someone who agrees with a lot of the fundamental assumptions I think the
> way a lot of it is presented feeds prejudice, and that makes me sad.
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2015, at 12:33 PM, 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/
>>>>
>>>> -
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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