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Bad Behavior
by Mary Gaitskill
by Mary Gaitskill
After reading entirely too many phalocentric books recently I’ve decided to commence my “I am woman HEAR ME ROAR” summer and read only female writers for the next three months.
I’m on my sixth female writer and so far I’ve encountered “Why roar when the man will take credit for it anyway?”, “What’s the point of roaring when no one pays attention to me anyway?”, “I’d roar if the men would do something for me”, “Ro..., wait never mind.” and “All men want is open legs and closed mouths”. I’m still in need of my female empowering reading!! I’ve read great books written by great women but I still need that ROAR with out the neuroses that come with it.
I know many powerful women on this site can help me out. and a couple men secure in their own masculinity to admit they like a good female empowering non-chick lit read.
I’m on my sixth female writer and so far I’ve encountered “Why roar when the man will take credit for it anyway?”, “What’s the point of roaring when no one pays attention to me anyway?”, “I’d roar if the men would do something for me”, “Ro..., wait never mind.” and “All men want is open legs and closed mouths”. I’m still in need of my female empowering reading!! I’ve read great books written by great women but I still need that ROAR with out the neuroses that come with it.
I know many powerful women on this site can help me out. and a couple men secure in their own masculinity to admit they like a good female empowering non-chick lit read.
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Jul 07, 2010 09:27am
What a condescending and patronizing comment from yet another phalocentric testosterone fueled male.
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You go, girl!I tried reading this book back when I was a grad student at NYU and it just seemed to be trying too hard, wanting so much to be cool and all. It was so East Village... But a lot of my friends really love her so I think I need to give her another shot now that I'm over my hatred of pretentious NYU grad students living in the East Village.
She's uneven. I really didn't think much of Veronica, her newest novel, but some of her newer stories are really stunners.I haven't revisited this collection in years tho--
I can see your point Kimley. At times it seems like she is trying to up her shock value. At the same time she creates these unconventional female characters with a myriad of neuroses but that are easily identifiable and fabulous to read. or maybe it is just that I am a tad neurotic?
Oh, I'd scold you young ladies if I could! (But, alas, I can't. I'm feeling frisky myself, you see....)
Golden Notebook is my go-to recommendation for stuff like this....altho it's like a thousand years old. //thinks




