tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post4883008460108010722..comments2024-03-14T08:43:45.183-04:00Comments on The Véhicule Press Blog: Mea CulpaVéhicule Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00818162880719157747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post-33027322044026438992013-12-18T18:25:29.537-05:002013-12-18T18:25:29.537-05:00There's nothing more dangerous than a stupid l...There's nothing more dangerous than a stupid liberal, especially where something that calls itself 'liberalism' is the dominant ideology. Canadian university campuses for example, or anywhere else where literature and the humanities are paid for by government grants. I don't even know what 'feminism' means anymore, except that I'm supposed to support it and never disagree with it even for the sake of argument, otherwise I'm a misogynist or deluded/self-hating woman (you can't win this game no matter what your sex is). 'Sexist' is another handy portmanteau word: it's the easiest way to condemn something when you can't think of a proper argument. You've got nothing to apologize for, Carmine. You just need to moderate comments so that hysterical garbage doesn't get in the way. You can erase my comment if you want to too. Maybe it doesn't help. I'm not white but have to be careful what I say because I've been labeled as an 'Uncle Tom' before (even though my labelers didn't realize how outrageous and offensive that term is to someone whose ancestors actually were slaves). Besides, by saying 'hysterical' I've probably just started the witch hunt again. Oh sorry, 'witch hunt' is a male chauvinist term too isn't it (are there male witches? real ones, not tedious male Wiccans I mean). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post-19464836803784851582013-12-17T14:08:08.322-05:002013-12-17T14:08:08.322-05:00An interesting post, Carmine. I didn’t understand ...An interesting post, Carmine. I didn’t understand what you meant by never using the term “pack” in polite company again until I followed the links and read both your interview with Tim Bowling and the piece entitled “Reflections On Risk and Running with the Pack” posted on the Hook & Eye blog. <br />The offending quote from your interview appears to have been this: “I think that’s why the Lemon Hound site is so successful. Female contributors feel like they’re part of a pack, like they have cover, ” which the Hook & Eye Blogger (“Erin ?”) read as follows: “Further, by utilizing “pack,” especially in reference to a site with “hound” in its name, Starnino elides women with animals rather than with a literary school or coterie. Women are under siege and they’re just a pack of bitches.”<br />This is an absurd interpretation of your comment. It reeks of theory. In the context of the review—and the particular paragraph—you are clearly using the term “pack” in the sense of a group activity or group thinking. I read that section of your interview as an honest attempt to highlight what appears to be—at the moment—a particularly challenging literary environment for women (and for some men—see Ken Babstock’s comments under your original post). I can`t help wondering about the broader questions, i.e. what is the source of this anxiety? And why are so many writers willing to subscribe to a censoring group mentality, to enforce a culture of secrecy and surveillance?Patrick Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650613771464119227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post-36096708113145160022013-12-17T13:40:10.856-05:002013-12-17T13:40:10.856-05:00Nice try, C-dog. I guess h8ers gon' h8.
Anon...Nice try, C-dog. I guess h8ers gon' h8. <br /><br />Anonymous above: thank you for that constructive comment. I guess the point is: any time a man criticizes a woman, it's sexist, especially if, god forbid, words are used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post-81969575582375564992013-12-17T12:56:51.697-05:002013-12-17T12:56:51.697-05:00Interesting that a comment I made here last night ...Interesting that a comment I made here last night was removed. Ironic.<br /><br />For the record, it expressed disgust with how effectively this post misses the point. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com