Fwd: Men Explain Lolita To Me

[kelber at mindspring.com]

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Subject: Re: Men Explain Lolita To Me
From: kelber at mindspring.com
To: Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
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Maybe boys in Sweden read Pippi Longstocking (do they?), but the books aren't widely read by either girls or boys anymore, and were certainly not read by the boys I grew up with back in the 60s. Personally, I couldn't stand them.

Nowhere in her essay is Solnits exhorting anyone to read books by women and people of color. The essay is about women readers and their potentially different perspectives on male characters.

Gottfried being raped by Blicero doesn't negate Bianca being raped by Slothrop.

Laura

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