[lit-ideas] Re: and talking of gender: Marilyn French, RIP
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 19:13:29 +0000 (GMT)
JL> "All men are rapists, and that's all they
> are" -
>
> -- she 'wrote' in her book.
> and
>
> >it entered the popular lexicon ...
>
I didn't notice the 'lexicon' part, I was too busy remembering the scene in the
book from which that emerged. I really don't remember anybody focussing on
those words at the time (Susan Brownmiller'd already said something a bit
similar) but it may be there was a US/UK difference.
But to your point. I'd say your Chomsky-invocation's right!
whenver they mean
> 'exotic' they write "South
> America".
:) -- I don't know France's book
I'll leave the exercise to Donal
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
--- On Wed, 6/5/09, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: and talking of gender: Marilyn French, RIP
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, 6 May, 2009, 7:43 PM
> In a message dated 5/5/2009 12:31:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight
> Time,
> judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> _http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/05/obituary-marilyn-french_
>
> (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/05/obituary-marilyn-french)
>
>
>
> -----
>
> Selected quotes:
>
>
> "All men are rapists, and that's all they
> are" -
>
> -- she 'wrote' in her book.
> and
>
> >it entered the popular lexicon ...
>
> Intersting. Chomsky would disagree: a sentence cannot be
> part of the
> lexicon, however popular (only teasing).
>
>
>
> "she admired young feminists who were working with
> women in
> Africa, India, South America and "the ghettoes
> here in the US".
>
>
> ---- I wanted to say something about Miranda _France_ (not
> French) who
> wrote that horrible, "Bad times in Buenos Aires",
> but cannot think what. But it
> tickles the argie in me that whenver they mean
> 'exotic' they write "South
> America".
>
> Exercise for McEvoy:
>
>
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