tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post8936616256606596975..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: Ten legendary bad girls of literatureKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-49422766715723068782012-01-17T15:35:42.609+10:302012-01-17T15:35:42.609+10:30fabulous post. such great bad women. my word verif...fabulous post. such great bad women. my word verification is 'puric'...hahaStella Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11892129722904334535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-7967142822966040012012-01-15T22:22:33.359+10:302012-01-15T22:22:33.359+10:30An interesting and provocative selection. Which is...An interesting and provocative selection. Which is how we want our writers anyway. But Oi!<br />ANGELA CARTER!<br /><br />Word Verification is on song tonight. It just asked me to enter "misfitms" which definitely sounds like a trouble dame's call sign.Nabakovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-25650142656588522042012-01-15T12:49:16.811+10:302012-01-15T12:49:16.811+10:30I think Greer may have said that before it became ...I think Greer may have said that before it became commonplace. I certainly can't imagine her saying anything she didn't mean, just as I can't imagine her saying anything just because it's regarded as a cool thing to say.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-69948157349455253382012-01-15T12:14:25.994+10:302012-01-15T12:14:25.994+10:30I have never seen a picture of Germaine Greer as a...I have never seen a picture of Germaine Greer as a young woman before! Stunning. I hate that particular quote (its so Shit Straight Girls Say to Lesbians) but I love her. Also love the Rebecca West quote!AWickedChildhttp://awickedchild.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-55570900804860659182012-01-15T10:36:33.766+10:302012-01-15T10:36:33.766+10:30Excellent list. And while on the topic, how about ...Excellent list. And while on the topic, how about another -- Charmian Clift?Amanda Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887497982479880506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-31008927422748667112012-01-15T09:11:20.833+10:302012-01-15T09:11:20.833+10:30I love this post. Especially the photo and quote f...I love this post. Especially the photo and quote from Colette. <br /><br />Of course we could do hundreds more bad women. But, I'll put my hand up for Zelda Fitzgerald. Not a great writer perhaps. However, she's a fascinating writer and personality.Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210474034971320200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-58203932762949418192012-01-14T22:39:04.067+10:302012-01-14T22:39:04.067+10:30"Was Christina Rossetti bad though."
Ba..."Was Christina Rossetti bad though."<br /><br />Bah, a confusion of carts and horses. If CR wrote Goblin Market, then OF COURSE she was "bad"!<br /><br />Do get your priorities in order! ;-)<br /><br />j.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-24944786528695203532012-01-14T20:45:37.568+10:302012-01-14T20:45:37.568+10:30Oh my, how much would I love a dinner party with a...Oh my, how much would I love a dinner party with all these fab women to chat over a glass of wine or three?! Speshly Jane Bowles - wily and feminine indeed.Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-30156813542161348712012-01-14T20:07:53.751+10:302012-01-14T20:07:53.751+10:30Was Christina Rossetti Bad, though. That is the qu...Was Christina Rossetti Bad, though. That is the question. I should have thought her well outclassed Badness-wise by her flake of a brother, which is exactly the sort of thing one is trying to get away from.<br /><br />Because this post does have a point. It's not just about Women Writers. If I wanted to make a list of <i>them</i>, it would go into the thousands; it was one of my academic fields of research.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-43156882737814982322012-01-14T19:21:20.209+10:302012-01-14T19:21:20.209+10:30@7:02 pm:
Yep, I know one could go on and on. I&...@7:02 pm:<br /><br />Yep, I know one could go on and on. I'm just assembling a helpful reading list for people who stop at Virginia Woolf, dontchaknow.<br /><br />It's a public service. Folks who've never read "The Pillow Book," or "Light Shining in Buckinghamshire" or "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," or (our mutual fave) "Goblin Market," well, what can be done for them?<br /><br />cherries worth getting,<br />Your friendly neighborhood japerzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-57153568659466004152012-01-14T19:05:19.784+10:302012-01-14T19:05:19.784+10:30Oh, and also, how on earth could you make a list l...Oh, and also, how on earth could you make a list like this and leave out Patti Smith and Kathy Acker?!?<br /><br />Kathy Freakin' Acker, who wrote a novel called "Great Expectations" which begins, "Chapter One: Plagiarism."<br /><br />Tsk, tsk.<br /><br />signed,<br />There goes Jane Jacobs-readin' j_p_zAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-11745458876883388332012-01-14T19:02:11.256+10:302012-01-14T19:02:11.256+10:30JPZ, comments crossed (though they might as well n...JPZ, comments crossed (though they might as well not have, since the answer is the same).Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-70127759996067201562012-01-14T19:00:28.950+10:302012-01-14T19:00:28.950+10:30It's a random ten. As someone has already said...It's a random ten. As someone has already said, we could find a hundred if we wanted to. Wollstonecraft's daughter Mary Shelley isn't here either, but could easily have been. Jean Rhys is another, and of course Sylvia Plath. Maybe I'd better do another one.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-17926032565347765422012-01-14T18:57:46.385+10:302012-01-14T18:57:46.385+10:30Don't forget about Yosano Akiko. And Sei Shon...Don't forget about Yosano Akiko. And Sei Shonagon. And Marianne Moore. And Anne Sexton. And Pauline Reage. And Caryl Churchill.<br />And Sharri Flanniken (sp?) Of "Trots and Bonnie" fame. And Gilda Radner.<br /><br />Never, ever forget about Gilda Radner.<br /><br />signed,<br />The ever-helpful j_p_zAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-28538177536200209292012-01-14T18:51:31.121+10:302012-01-14T18:51:31.121+10:30Can't help but miss Wollstonecraft.Can't help but miss Wollstonecraft.Matthew John Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692136501131270216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-1406795965597439722012-01-14T11:57:15.198+10:302012-01-14T11:57:15.198+10:30Like.
Particularly the "when I go to a campu...Like.<br /><br />Particularly the "when I go to a campus...."<br /><br />Of course, we males aren't given to think that way (or weren't) through the social and educational systems, but when you have your baby on a sling at work, are a single working dad, and now have daughter and grandson back at home, you begin to wonder why we males have been so deprived by the lack of encouragement to a joy-filled life.<br /><br />A conspiracy theorist could blame a very successful feminist plot for the last few thousand years.<br /><br />;-)Dave Bathhttp://balneus.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-27424408144695321222012-01-14T09:52:46.817+10:302012-01-14T09:52:46.817+10:30An excellent post and excellent 'bad' wome...An excellent post and excellent 'bad' women. Thank you.<br /><br />wv: monsensl = nonsensical literature written by men?Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-66322044213705573132012-01-14T09:12:23.021+10:302012-01-14T09:12:23.021+10:30Oh thank you! A lovely way to begin the weekend.
...Oh thank you! A lovely way to begin the weekend. <br /><br />PS my word verification is "cionress" -- sounds both feminine and strong.Meredith Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977264379899180896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-30110307071770649622012-01-14T08:53:33.276+10:302012-01-14T08:53:33.276+10:30Violette Leduc makes Amises look like a pair of va...Violette Leduc makes Amises look like a pair of vanilla puddings!Helenhttp://www.castironbalcony.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-70368129440819948322012-01-14T05:38:07.442+10:302012-01-14T05:38:07.442+10:30*applause*
Fantastique. And to think, there are s...*applause*<br /><br />Fantastique. And to think, there are so many more! We could do 100 bad women and never get bored. Mainly because they haven't been over-exposed, like those boring bad men.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-86007984045111159892012-01-14T02:52:33.498+10:302012-01-14T02:52:33.498+10:30Ahhh, I was going to mention Collette. Beautiful p...Ahhh, I was going to mention Collette. Beautiful post. One of your best, I reckon.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.com