Rebecca:
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The point-of-view which 'reviews' the work by commenting upon the author's
'sexiness', whether pro or con, seems to undercut the very premise by which
poetry can be taken seriously. What's next? pinup calendars for poets?
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I've re-read this review maybe three times now, and I +still+ can't work out
whether the author means gender-sexy or media-sexy.
If the former, I'd agree with the challenges to the sexist stance. But it's
blurred ... (A fault in itself.)
If I said, "Blogs are real sexy at the moment," it would be pretty obvious I
meant "Blogs are the 'in' thing just now [a dated {un-sexy} term, I know
:-( ], with no reference to physical sexuality.
OK, I +know+ this is totally off-base from where the discussion is focusing,
but I still can't get past it.
Is there any printed documentation on the use of the term "sexy" to mean
the-latest-black?
Back to a long day's dying.
Robin.
[PS -- re Blogs -- they really +are+ totally retro -- bloody 17th/18th C
commonplace books For Our Time.
Come back Pepys, all is forgiven.
R2.]
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