“To really love Joan Didion—to have been blown over by things like the smell of jasmine and the packing list she kept by her suitcase—you have to be female.”
No. Didion is one of the few female writers that has crossover gender appeal. I know a number of males who adore her. Something that probably can’t be said of Caitlin Flanagan.
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Reading Flanagan’s piece—twice—I had the unnerving sensation of being kept late at the end of a party by someone...
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Slouching Towards Ignorance — by Caitlin Flanagan
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Count me among them!
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