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>At 06:05 26-01-02 -0500, Francesca wrote:
>
>>I too think that this would be fascinating. However I don't think
>>*you* should write it, you would come up with something so
>>inflammatory that no one would take it seriously. :}
>
>How did I miss this deliberately provocative comment?! Was it your
>disarming smile?
>
>Frankie, my purpose is merely to write truthfully. If some of these
>truths are unpopular and offensive, then so much greater is the
>urgency with which they should be spelt out. If, as a consequence,
>people don't take me seriously, then so be it. If, as a consequence,
>anything I write remains unpublishable, then so be it. If my words
>are like pearls to swine, then perhaps it is because I am becoming a
>different type of organism - one that is logically (semiotically)
>inconsistent with the World culture within which I find myself. I
>will not change my tone or the content of my writings for the sake
>of popularity or mass appeal.
Stephen, I am sad to hear this. I truly do think that you have some
good points, and as a stay-at-home mother who has found "women's
work" has lost, rather than gained respect under feminism, I
appreciate what it is to take a minority opinion on some of these
issues. I wish you luck.
Frankie
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