Anne Carson has a great essay about "The Gender of Sound" in Glass, Irony,
and God. I haven't been following this thread -- misogyny is depressing
until one starts tracing its history: then it fascinates!
Mairead
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, susanne wrote:
> I like these:
>
> "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"
> (Rudyard Kipling)
>
> A man is as old as he feels, the woman is as old as she looks.
>
> Deeds are males, and words are female.
>
> A woman's sward is her tongue and she does not let it rust.
>
> Suz
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 1:49 PM
> Subject: proverbs
>
>
> > Censorship proverbs
> >
> > respect the censors, they know things which you do not
> > censors are the fulcra of liberty
> > only the dangerous leave their speech uncensored
> > self-censorship enables the art of learning
> > thought is the censor of activity
> > teaching is wise censorship
> > wise censorship is educative
> > legal activity is the censor of destructive thought
> > he who keeps his peace keeps the peace
> > denial is not rebuttal
> > a censor is average but not mean
> > public figures need not be censored
> > the ship of state is censorship
> > truth does not lie in a censored text
> > censorship maintains complacency among the faithful
> > excision brings precision
> > does a sheep quibble over words?
> > does a hawk care what name its prey has?
> > the dying do not tell the truth until they have despaired
> > only the foolish think their words are free
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > at Sub Voicive Poetry
> > 4th July 2000 8 p.m. + Chris Funkhouser / Belle Gironda
> > see website for details -
> > http://www.crosswinds.net/members/~subvoicivepoetry/
> > --------------------------------------------
> > new from PaperBrain Press, San Diego, USA
> > "Game on a Line" by Lawrence Upton
> > http://www.sunbrella.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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