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Hazel Barnes, in the TL footnote, explaining that she changed the pronoun used for Sartre's description of the object of sexual desire from he to she, because it's more "natural" that way:
— Apr 17, 2023 01:37PM
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Bookmarking Sartre's discussion of whether or not being a sissy is a factual given.
Unrelated fact did you know Sartre was 5'0
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Apr 17, 2023 07:35PM
And strangely, before and after this page, there are passages which retain the "he" in sexual or at least sensual contexts. I guess she just found those handful of sentences she did change were altogether too fruity for her.
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or it's a lacking the courage of your own convictions thing 😏
Maybe I got it backwards and she was actually leaving a lil treat for herself.
