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Lindy
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As Virginia Woolf wrote, “It is fatal to be a man or a woman pure and simple; one must be woman-manly or man-womanly.” This feels deeply true to me, an abiding desire to have both sexes mingled in one body and one mind, a mental fertility.

suzisteffen Doesn‘t that just make you want to reread (or read, but I bet you have) Orlando? 6y
Lindy @suzisteffen Yes, it does make me want to read Orlando, which I‘ve never read. 😊 6y
suzisteffen @Lindy OK, two things about it: 1. Orlando uses the n word a couple of times and it‘s horribly jarring, racist, and disappointing, AND Virginia Woolf was clearly also commenting on the stupid colonialism of the Sackville-Wests AND 2. Read the letters of Vita and Virginia if you can - makes Orlando much richer. #WoolfNerd 6y
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Lindy @suzisteffen I have read their letters. I‘ve also read Vita‘s garden writing but I guess that‘s neither here nor there. 6y
suzisteffen @Lindy No, I think it's related! Yay, you'll understand certain references in the books then.

ALSO, THERE'S A MOVIE?? Woo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv4LGfH5MWw
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Lindy @suzisteffen Thanks! I didn‘t know about the upcoming Vita & Virginia movie. 😁 6y
batsy Great quote and sentiment. This book sounds like the kind of life-affirming read I might need right now. 6y
Lindy @batsy Yes, it is life-affirming. 😊 6y
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