I basically inhaled Toni Morrison’s new novel God Help the Child because it left me breathless. It’s a short novel, but it is so rich in everything: Language, narrative perspectives, themes, settings, characters. The prose is poetic, not as in lovely-beautiful but as in dense with emotional and intellectual heft. Characters and themes are true …
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Rich white man Robert H. Richards IV gets no jail time because he “will not fare well” in prison
(trigger warning: rape, child abuse) Robert H. Richards IV raped his 3 year old daughter and abused his toddler. A Delaware Superior Court decided he should get treatment and probation because “he will not fare well” in prison. I thought that’s the point. Seriously: So many young men and women (not only but especially poor …
Brainwashing Woody
In the great write-up linked above Lili Loofbourow makes a concise, convincing argument: Woody Allen’s own defense narrative is not only inconsistent but shows predatory behavior and the type of manipulation he accuses Mia Farrow of. As a commenter points out, Allen’s actions against Farrow and kids could be called gaslighting.Brainwashing Woody
How the fuck could McQueary see what he says he saw and Sandusky not be immediately sent to (metaphorical) hell and turned in to the right authorities? (Serious trigger warning for description of child abuse.)
CLARITY AND CHAOS 