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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Due cose mi hanno irritato moltissimo -a sufficienza, pare, da tagliare a metà la cinquina delle stelline: ogni parte biografica l'ho trovata sterile e inutile ai fini del discorso più ampio; questo ritratto liberal-progressista di un'autrice di cui ad un certo punto è svelato l'alcolismo dovrebbe stupirci (?) eppure anche quello rimane un dettaglio annacquato e inconsistente.
La seconda è la ripetitività quasi ossessiva di donna=madre. Non ci si discosta MAI dall'idea che la mostruosità femminile possa riguardare altro che non sia l'abbandono o l'abuso dei figli; ogni donna è soppesata nella sua identità materna togliendo dal calcolo e dalla prospettiva qualsiasi altra indagine.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
medium-paced
No headway into the book's main promise: "what do we do with the art made by people who are terrible/have done terrible things" Lots of moments from the author's life and her own examples.
informative
medium-paced
It's way more bio than I would like. It's fine
”There is not some correct answer. You are not responsible for finding it. Your feeling of responsibility is a shibboleth, a reinforcement of your tragically limited role as a consumer. There is no authority and there should be no authority. You are off the hook. You are inconsistent. You do not need to have a grand unified theory about what to do about Michael Jackson. You are a hypocrite, over and over. You love Annie Hall but you can barely stand to look at a painting by Picasso. You are not responsible for solving this unreconciled contradiction. In fact, you will solve nothing by means of your consumption; the idea that you can is a dead end… The way you consume art doesn’t make you a bad person, or a good one. You’ll have to find some other way to accomplish that.”
It’s been like 10 months since I finished this book and I still think about it all the time (perhaps because the news forces me to). Absolutely great stuff going on here
It’s been like 10 months since I finished this book and I still think about it all the time (perhaps because the news forces me to). Absolutely great stuff going on here
A very interesting critique with a lot of food for thought.
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Antisemitism
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced