Jonathan’s Reviews > Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater > Status Update

One of the most pleasurable things I am finding about reading this is that, every time my mind forms a "but..." WTV turns out to be one (or two, or three) steps ahead of me.

Well now, this is very good stuff indeed. Fluid, interesting, respectful and clearly written from a place of great love. I am keeping my fingers crossed, however, that the restrictive form of feminine beauty he is admiring here is recognised for the problems it creates for the woman as a "human being"...we shall see (though I trust Aloha's judgment enough to think it will be).