Disgraced politicians erotically desperate professors fallen sports icons—that we're left to wonder whether something has come unwired in the collective male psycheIn the essays collected here Laura Kipnis revisits the archetypes of wayward masculinity that have captured her imagination over the years scrutin.
Men EpubDisgraced politicians erotically desperate professors fallen sports icons—that we're left to wonder whether something has come unwired in the collective male psycheIn the essays collected here Laura Kipnis revisits the archetypes of wayward masculinity that have captured her imagination over the years scrutin.
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PDF Men MOBI â ¸ ancient history.co Men EpubThe title of this collection almost belies the wide range of topics Kipnis covers across 14 essays The cover is kitschy but the essays are deft especially The Lothario Gropers The Manly Man and Men Who Hate Hillary I appreciate Kipnis' fearlessness in skewering the men she covers while simultaneously poking fun at herself In fact some of the best moments in the collection are when she turns inward or identifies with less savory aspects of the men in uestion she illustrated men performing for a few crumbs of love with a sto
PDF Men MOBI â ¸ ancient history.co Men EpubHaving read this in tandem with Men Explain Things To Me by Rebecca Solnit herewith a double reviewLaura Kipnis is one of those happy warrior feminists whom I'm always keen to read Her essays on different types of men that's types with a big capital Gree
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PDF Men MOBI â ¸ ancient history.co Men EpubFacetiously I want to say not enough misandryIn a serious vein I was really disappointed by this I liked Kipnis' Against Love so was looking forward to reading this co
PDF Men MOBI â ¸ ancient history.co Men EpubIn her essays the author takes a look at men from the perspective of exposing certain negative traits and then finding some value in those fa
PDF Men MOBI â ¸ ancient history.co Men EpubI expected from this book dissection of men and lightheartedness The cover and title created that expectation instead I got essays that are almost incidentally about men which probably made it a stronger book The essays are well thought out and well written And although they aren't strictly speaking humor writing t
PDF Men MOBI â ¸ ancient history.co Men EpubLaura Kipnis is one of those university professors whose lives I envy living in New York going to cocktail parties with other intellectuals and engaging in witty banter This book is largely about the kind of men you'd find at such parties literary critics political pundits other academics The exceptions are the first essay about Larry Flynt and the last about Andrea Dworkin So if you're looking for thoughts about your average man on the bus or the local hipster bar or anyone a non academic with a subscription to the New York Times might know you're out of luck Still an engaging read if not completely relevant to me
PDF Men MOBI â ¸ ancient history.co Men EpubLaura Kipnis a film studies professor who's made a name for herself in irreverent yet provocative writings on feminism collects a number of essays loosely strung together in this entertaining book I'm not sure that the title theme uite fits all the essays but they flow nicelyThe weakest essay imo Gropers covers material presented in her earlier book The Feminine Thing in which collegiate policy on facultystudent relationships prompts her to attend a training class and lead a mock rebellion of the attendees against the trite platitudes Although presented in chirpingly self congratulatory fashion the complaint about the impossibility in knowing whether advances are unwanted until made felt superficial and glib; the entire thing felt in some sense undeservedly juvenile But in this she develops a theory that melodramatic narrative has come to envelope the student experience and feminism Ot