On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, farah mendlesohn wrote:
NH: Yes, in my original comment, I made a point of saying that if I had
been on the receiving end of Neil's comments, that's how *I* would have
felt them. Lots of people have thicker skins than I do, and I recognise
that. I said so to Neil in a private post. (Apologies to the list madam
for getting into this dicussion again. I really will stop now.)
-nalo
> Nalo, I just want to say that I din't see Neil's comments as loaded or
> hard, they were very much what I wanted to say, but having heard too
> many vituperative conversations on this subject, decided to stay
> away. One issue -- and we can't avoid it-- is that many of us will take
> comments from a woman that we will not accept (often for very good
> reasons) from a man.
>
> Farah
>
>
> >
> >
> > "He walked so far/On stilts of songs, of masqueraded story, that the
> > stars/Were near."
> > -Kamau Brathwaite, "Jou'vert"
>
"He walked so far/On stilts of songs, of masqueraded story, that the
stars/Were near."
-Kamau Brathwaite, "Jou'vert"
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