Comments on: Act Like a Man Reading List

By: Edward Keenan

Edward Keenan — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:25:53 +0000

That’s the Camille. Blame-the-victim rape analysis? That was certainly the coffe-shop take on her theory among people who’d never read her when I was in university. It’s interesting to note, maybe, that what she blames the victims for is not recognizing that men are inherently aggressive sexual predators who can be counted on to take what they want in the abscence of overwhelming socialization to prevent it. She’s an equal opportunity offender there, if you want to form your opinions from headline digests of long, detailed, heavily endnoted arguments. Also, incidentally, fascinating reading that makes both people who agree with her and those who disagree engage with the core of their own beliefs and arguments. Which I’d take over someone I can blandly and automatically agree with every single day of the week.

By: sigh

sigh — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:41:17 +0000

Camille women-naturally-can’t-rock-cause-their-vaginas-are-in the-way Paglia?

I suppose I should hate her more for her outright dismissal of female mental faculties and her blame the victim rape analyis, but it’s the idea that a whole gender is too subhuman to make decent music that gets me the most.

By: Edward Keenan

Edward Keenan — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:24:00 +0000

I remain fearful. I will wait until I see this new 100%-less-paper Toro.

By: Jeremy Keehn

Jeremy Keehn — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:53:34 +0000

Fear not, Ed, Sharp won’t be Canada’s only men’s mag for long:

“Toro to relaunch as online mag”