Women; Incomprehensible Three

Sikozu Johnson · 09 Sep 2003, 18:30 · from urth-v0309.mbox · original

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From: Sikozu Johnson <sikozujohnson at cox.net>
Subject: (urth) Women; Incomprehensible Three
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:30:18 -0700
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On Mardi, sept 9, 2003, at 11:00 US/Pacific, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:=20
[Interrupting: As someone once added, "The whole damn thing=20
incomprehensible."]

'The Incomprehensible Three' sounds like a jazz group.

Incidentally, to those who comment that Buddhism is confusing and=20
mystical, I usually reply by asking them questions about the Trinity=20
until such time as I am able to throw my hands in the air and say, "You=20
think BUDDHISM is incomprehensible?!?" I figure they asked for it.

On a third note, there was some discussion before about women in Wolfe.=20
Well, I must say that while I adore Wolfe, I find his=20
Crypto-Catholicism and anti-feminism irritating. I have never met the=20
man and can only stand in awe of his brilliant writing, but no one is=20
perfect and sometimes he is boring or annoying: "Dorpspraak like Yoda=20
annoying for hundreds of pages is" - or just angrymaking.

On women, he is angrymaking to me, if I may half-Dorp. His narrators so=20
consistently paint a world in which women are either divine or divine=20
bitches, and always incomprehensible, is very very aggravating. Long=20
Sun and Short Sun beg for a half-decent female character who isn't=20
crap. General Mint doesn't count, she is the virgin Joan of Arc, beyond=20
humanity in person.

That's my opinion, held after rereading the books a few times. The=20
women are stomach-churningly idolised or jammed in the mud, and the=20
'good men' casually rape, murder and kill.

Anyway, I'm sure many will disagree, but as a woman that's what I got=20
out of them. Not to say I don't adore them but Wolfe is clearly tied in=20
knots about women somewhere and it comes out plain and clear to me.

Of course, my idea of a fun time is reading "Hothead Paisan", so take=20
it with a grain of salt. ;-)

Sikozu
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******
"I sit for world revolution"
Alan Ginsberg, 19 July 1981

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