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Finished the namesake and I see why it’s that

The Message: my favorite and least favorite so far. Often when I finish a movie, and not as often when I finish a show, I feel there is an emptiness and dissatisfied longing for something more that is already there. Sometimes lispector makes me think, ‘how many times can someone say the same thing’. But where the rolling of the credits exorcizes presence in my heart, the last page of lispector stories stay

Faldum - Sure there is substance; themes and such. Sure I could think of a way to make my understanding of them into words. What lingers after a read is unintelligible. The same can be said for a movie, a painting, even a meal. Whatever nebulous term one may use - aura, vibe, atmosphere - is fitting. Hesse writes like an early Disney animation, it’s incredible.

The Disasters of Sophia: Am I a nine-year-old girl

Needed that utopian kick in the rump

Chicken story cool way to illustrate the reduction of femininity to the possession of a womb. Clarice Lispector is exceptional at saying a lot in not so much.