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“No matter the configuration of gender or sexuality, however, the long-held and much romanticized notion of the “lone genius” persists, as does the stubborn myth of the “tormented genius.” Even in instances when the writer is mediocre at best, if nothing else he is a genius at getting others—namely, his long-suffering wife—to prop him up and perpetuate the myth of his greatness.” Yeah I should stop
— May 05, 2023 04:28PM
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“Another story of a long-term “marriage” with an important lesbian writer, Audre Lorde, proves just as off-kilter in its spousal sacrifices.” Omg I didn’t stop and uhhhhh not square quotes over Lorde and Frances’s relationship
— May 05, 2023 04:56PM
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“[Toklas’s] belief in Stein’s genius emboldened the writer further. There was no mistaking the fact that Stein was the man of the house, while Toklas played bride and muse. (Stein often called Toklas “wifey.”)” yeah no I am out thanks anyway
— May 05, 2023 04:32PM
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““It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,” Jane Austen famously wrote in Pride and Prejudice.” The epigraphs and the first line tells me this is going to be a very heterosexual book
— May 05, 2023 04:25PM
