Peter Coviello: Vineland Reread

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue Feb 16 12:26:51 UTC 2021


**correction**  below

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 6:14 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert, sexism in VL, shortlist:
>
> 1.  Frenesi betrays almost everyone she knows **for no other offered
> reason**   than that he’s a manly cop in a uniform.
>
> 2.  Prairie almost masturbates as Brock Vond flies  away, wishing he’d
> swoop back down for her.
>
> These two most central female characters in **VL** desire, deep down, to
> be dominated by men in uniforms.
>
> David Morris
>
>
>> David, I'm curious as to why you call it sexist, and sorry you dislike it.
>>
>>


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