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From Tiger Beatdown:

Desdemona [*] is not the person you want to bring into your "ladies cheat too" argument.

Truer words.

[*] ETA: from Othello, people.

Date: 2009-06-27 05:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mmcirvin.livejournal.com
Ever see this Pandagon thread on the subject? (http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2005/09/24/public-service-announcement-lolita-is-a-comedy/)

Date: 2009-06-27 11:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mswyrr
Excellent post and discussion! Thank you for linking to it. I was pleased to see someone mention "Reading Lolita in Tehran" in the comment thread; I thought the interpretation there was bang on in its emphasis on male erasure of female identity through coercion. I think that, in particular, the way that HH is unable/unwilling to see Dolores as herself and the justifications he marshalls for what he does are a really accurate depiction of the mind of an abuser in a patriarchy: he uses the Virgin/Whore dichotomy, for instance.

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