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October 20, 2004
Carnival #109
The Carnival of the Vanities is hosted this week by Jack Cluth's People's Republic of Seabrook. He's a leftish (and recently hairless) blogger, and I must say that I admire his gracious handling of the rightish posts. It's a good-natured, er, catfight, but what I want to know is how the rabbit got into the killing fields? A real treat! (The Carnival, of course; still not sure about the man-eating rabbit!) A few highlights: A very, very enjoyable Carnival! Go read it! posted by Eric on 10.20.04 at 08:54 AM
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Thank YOU! Nice job. Eric Scheie · October 20, 2004 10:16 AM Thanks for posting this Eric. On Josh Cohen's post, yours truly had a major argument with an editor once on this subject (I know, I know, but I got carried away.) It is the sworn belief of NY publishing houses that lesbianism is "sexy" and "even women get turned on by it" but two guys is just "yucky" and "who wants to read that." This in defiance of the cottage industry of slash on the net, most of it written by women, for women and featuring "two guys." I've noticed some incidence of this strangely chauvinistic thinking on TV and movies also. I realize they live from fantasies, but you'd think they'd stay connected enough that reality could occasionally AIM them, no? I also realize that an examination of this type of thought is beyond the scope of this blog and particularly of an entry on Carnival of the Vanities. Just a need to vent, I guess. I also liked La Shawn Barber's points. And Solomonia -- I've known about the strange muslim obsession with the past since I discovered, in an argument with a Jordanian exchange student, that this educated, world-traveled, to all eyes secular young man considered Iberia muslim land and thought muslims would one day return to it. Again thanks for many interesting reads. I probably should work now. P. Portia · October 20, 2004 04:16 PM Thank you Portia! Your comment really deserves an essay length reply, because it's a topic of great interest to me. I know of many lesbians who are turned on by gay male porn. Where's the famous "yuck" factor? I hesitate to speculate about people's motives, but it might be fun sometime..... Eric Scheie · October 22, 2004 10:15 PM |
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