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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.
suzisteffenDoesn‘t that just make you want to reread (or read, but I bet you have) Orlando?5y
Lindy@suzisteffen Yes, it does make me want to read Orlando, which I‘ve never read. 😊5y
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. #WoolfNerd5y
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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.5y
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 5y