Hey Shar, I'm not tracking with you on your first paragraph. Are you referring to "Ties That Bind", to my review overall, or something else? Just want to make sure i get what you're saying.
Miss Vera's sounds kind of interesting but I dunno if I'd really like it. Dominance/submission can be great but if it isn't done well...*shudders* I get sick to my stomach. I agree about the 'dressing like a woman has to be - ' is annoying. I AM a woman and I get shit sometimes about stupid things like shaving my legs. I finally caved and keep up with shaving my legs because otherwise I never hear the end of it - from women, not men. I'm now thinking of Alaska's cropped, pink hair and pants suit outfit were she killed it. Yeah, she had make-up but that was a surprisingly feminine look. I loved that one.
Amen on all of the above. I wish things were more...open - that we got less flack for things like what you reference. It's not the end of the world if someone doesn't want to shave.
The Round House is indeed the one I had to buy. I am very glad that at least we got good use out of it and we both liked it. Doris doesn't read a lot so i was really glad about her enjoying it!
Yeah, I hear you on that last paragraph. Truly that could've been a great book. But it dissolved into griping ('straight women do a terrible job portraying lesbians! they don't put their arms around each other the right way! and now here's 20 pages on my experiences in therapy') Such a waste because Schulman had some good ideas in there.
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Date: 2013-07-28 02:57 am (UTC)Miss Vera's sounds kind of interesting but I dunno if I'd really like it. Dominance/submission can be great but if it isn't done well...*shudders* I get sick to my stomach. I agree about the 'dressing like a woman has to be - ' is annoying. I AM a woman and I get shit sometimes about stupid things like shaving my legs. I finally caved and keep up with shaving my legs because otherwise I never hear the end of it - from women, not men. I'm now thinking of Alaska's cropped, pink hair and pants suit outfit were she killed it. Yeah, she had make-up but that was a surprisingly feminine look. I loved that one.
Amen on all of the above. I wish things were more...open - that we got less flack for things like what you reference. It's not the end of the world if someone doesn't want to shave.
The Round House is indeed the one I had to buy. I am very glad that at least we got good use out of it and we both liked it. Doris doesn't read a lot so i was really glad about her enjoying it!
Yeah, I hear you on that last paragraph. Truly that could've been a great book. But it dissolved into griping ('straight women do a terrible job portraying lesbians! they don't put their arms around each other the right way! and now here's 20 pages on my experiences in therapy') Such a waste because Schulman had some good ideas in there.