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The Importance of Being Ernest by Ernest Cline
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I said before that Ernest Cline is 'That Guy' but jeez
After reading the poem 'Nerd Porn Auteur' outside of this book I knew I was getting into something bad, and the rest of the collection doesn't change that. Cline is writing poems heralding himself as this figurehead for men that 'aren't like all those other men', but will also tell you that you're 'not like other girls'. His 'I am fetishizing a certain kind of woman, but not bimbos, ugh gross, no I want women in glasses with brains' brand of pseudo-feminism is inherently anti-feminist, and it's really gross??
Also Cline on two separate occasions breaks from his poem to sidetrack into a joke about wanting to kill someone, and it doesn't come across as funny. Paired with the poem 'Cinéma Vérité', which is all about killing various members of the public that are rude in a cinema viewing, Cline has a 'comedic' take that actually makes me feel like I wouldn't want to be around this man. Very uncomfortable reading, and not in a fun way. Would like to wipe this memory from my brain.
After reading the poem 'Nerd Porn Auteur' outside of this book I knew I was getting into something bad, and the rest of the collection doesn't change that. Cline is writing poems heralding himself as this figurehead for men that 'aren't like all those other men', but will also tell you that you're 'not like other girls'. His 'I am fetishizing a certain kind of woman, but not bimbos, ugh gross, no I want women in glasses with brains' brand of pseudo-feminism is inherently anti-feminist, and it's really gross??
Also Cline on two separate occasions breaks from his poem to sidetrack into a joke about wanting to kill someone, and it doesn't come across as funny. Paired with the poem 'Cinéma Vérité', which is all about killing various members of the public that are rude in a cinema viewing, Cline has a 'comedic' take that actually makes me feel like I wouldn't want to be around this man. Very uncomfortable reading, and not in a fun way. Would like to wipe this memory from my brain.