It’s a given I will be reading this at least 5 more times and talking about it endlessly to my friends.
Moments of OH! I never thought about it that way! THANK YOU!
Last week my favorite was a line about ink moving across the page like frosting - this week’s tidbit is definitely how old dildos are - there’s really no reason to what catches my eye!
On a more serious note - this is helping to inform my thoughts on writing about Manifest Destiny and how religious ideology is used to justify violence. Reflections on my own childhood.
I was shocked by the age of dildos too! I don't know why it surprised me, it just did. I am going to have to write a newsletter about the history of sex toys someday. It's fascinating. Mostly because we humans never really seem to change much. Our tech changes, but what we choose to do with it remains pretty much the same!
Christian, that means so much! There is so much more to say too! I cut 15,000 words from this essay 😳 And even then, there was more I could have written! I’m always so happy to hear all you think too!
Meg! The pamphlet wars--o how I love this and the meander you take through all of it. I wrote last year about Jane Anger, and the pamphlet wars--I love that those early printings were of women polemicizing their rights. How great that Gabrielle Blair's new work is a type of pamphlet war in that same vein, however infuriating it is that we have to say these things. Glad you're writing about this! (and not to be super annoying, but here's my post on Jane Anger and her railing on the misogyny of her day in the 1600s: https://open.substack.com/pub/ariadnearchive/p/the-need-for-anger?r=dvcar&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
Oh my gosh I’ll never be able to read the word “pamphlet” again without a holy rage burning in me! Good Lord. Thank you for this. Excuse me while I go vote and advocate for everyone else to have a vote, too.
It’s a given I will be reading this at least 5 more times and talking about it endlessly to my friends.
Moments of OH! I never thought about it that way! THANK YOU!
Last week my favorite was a line about ink moving across the page like frosting - this week’s tidbit is definitely how old dildos are - there’s really no reason to what catches my eye!
On a more serious note - this is helping to inform my thoughts on writing about Manifest Destiny and how religious ideology is used to justify violence. Reflections on my own childhood.
I was shocked by the age of dildos too! I don't know why it surprised me, it just did. I am going to have to write a newsletter about the history of sex toys someday. It's fascinating. Mostly because we humans never really seem to change much. Our tech changes, but what we choose to do with it remains pretty much the same!
Thank you so much
Thank you for reading this! And for helping me write it with your support. You have no idea how grateful I am.
So much i could say, but then it would be my essay, not yours.
If I didn’t already value my subscription, this one would do it.
Christian, that means so much! There is so much more to say too! I cut 15,000 words from this essay 😳 And even then, there was more I could have written! I’m always so happy to hear all you think too!
Hang on: you cut 15,000 words? I really hope that we’ll get to read at least some of them!
This was a gift. Will be rereading!
I am so glad you are in our world and saying these things
Julie! Thank you!
Brava.
Thank you so much!
Meg! The pamphlet wars--o how I love this and the meander you take through all of it. I wrote last year about Jane Anger, and the pamphlet wars--I love that those early printings were of women polemicizing their rights. How great that Gabrielle Blair's new work is a type of pamphlet war in that same vein, however infuriating it is that we have to say these things. Glad you're writing about this! (and not to be super annoying, but here's my post on Jane Anger and her railing on the misogyny of her day in the 1600s: https://open.substack.com/pub/ariadnearchive/p/the-need-for-anger?r=dvcar&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
OH!! This was so amazing! I am so glad you shared it! I am going to included it in this week's newsletter reading list!
o! yay! and yes to pamphlet wars, i’m so here for all of it! in solidarity! 💜
Oh my gosh I’ll never be able to read the word “pamphlet” again without a holy rage burning in me! Good Lord. Thank you for this. Excuse me while I go vote and advocate for everyone else to have a vote, too.
I am so glad it moved you!!!
I started laughing at, “Christian Nationalism is a stain left by Aristotle’s premature philosophy” and did not stop until I reached the end.