This is very much NOT NP. All P.

[rich]

are we not supposed to depict at times the pov of loathsome characters?
fiction shouldn't be timid. I would argue Pynchon has become just that in
his later works, though timid might not be the exact word I'd choose, maybe
run of the mill w/r/t to villains

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Bruno <bruno.laze at gmail.com> wrote:

> 95% of identity politics + critique are intellectuals trying to say they
> like or dislike something.
>
> What she was trying to say is she likes Pynchon.
>
> I enjoyed her excuse for the portrayal of Herero history through a German
> voice in V.  I really doubt that was what TRP was thinking---for me it's
> more a denunciation of the invisibility of the oppressed than "it would be
> wrong to put a Herero perspective". Nothing wrong about posing as a German,
> though.
> That part was a fancy way to state her opinion on how people should behave.
>
>
> 2017-11-13 12:33 GMT-06:00 Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com>:
>
>> I don't see why Pynchon gets a "pass" on V. & GR.
>>
>> He presents the Hereros as erotically enjoying their destruction &
>> subjugation—and compares black skin and shit.
>>
>> Alexandra d'Abbadie is down with that? Or did she miss it?
>>
>> If you're subscribing to this style of thought, our good friend Tommy not
>> only doesn't get a pass, he's one of the worst, most disgusting offenders.
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> https://electricliterature.com/thomas-pynchon-shows-us-how-
>> white-writers-can-avoid-appropriation-8902a5563a1c
>>
>>
>
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