Marilyn French, Novelist and Champion of Feminism, Dies at 79

NYT ^ | 05/03/09 | A. G. SULZBERGER and HERBERT MITGANG

[mbarker12474]

Good.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Didn’t come to Sarah Palin’s or Miss California’s ‘aid’....did she? Oh, I forgot. One must hate men to be defended.

[krb]

journey of self-discovery following her divorce in the 1950s, describing the lives of Mira Ward and her friends in graduate school at Harvard as they grow into independent women.

I think they meant Radcliffe :-)

[Our man in washington]

Q: How many Harvard girls does it take to change a light bulb?

A: It’s Radcliffe, they are women, and it’s not funny!

[fleagle]

Critics accused her work of being anti-male, frequently citing a female character in “The Women’s Room” who declares, after her daughter has been raped: “All men are rapists, and that’s all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes.”

eeks.

[donna]

The Women’s Room”

“Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relationships with men, in their relationships with women, all men are rapists, and that’s all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes” (p. 433)

[Frank_2001]

So, she’s the original “All men are Rapists” Girl!/s

[gun_supporter]

Your reply was incredibly insensitive.

I remember hearing some people at a party say they were happy Tony Snow was dead, and from that day forward I told myself that I wouldn’t let any conservative friends get away with that crap.

[katiekins1]

journey of self-discovery

A journey into the depths of *The Feminist BOWEL MOVEMENT!* These self proclaimed feminists,are the definition of *Cowards* Not 1 single Gas Bag Feminist can deal with their own fememnity! I have LOATHED This misrepresenting of The All American Woman! Feminists do not represent me in any way! I love doing verbal battle with a SLANKY FEMINIST. I win every time!

[x]

Good.

Ancient history.

She could have believed different things and she'd still be as dead now.

And that's pretty much going to be true for all of us.

I think they meant Radcliffe :-)

Radcliffe was the women's college, but I think the graduate schools were all Harvard.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for a misguided soul.

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A. G. SULZBERGER and HERBERT MITGANG

That's Arthur the Third, son of Pinch, grandson of Punch, and the man they called "Herbert Mitlaüfer."

[BubbaBasher]

There is only one proper response to this news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJOZp2ZftCw

[BubbaBasher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJOZp2ZftCw

[N. Theknow]

That's Arthur the Third, son of Pinch, grandson of Punch, and the man they called "Herbert Mitlaüfer."

Son of Pinch?

For some reason, I always thought Pinch was a Mein Shaft afficionado.

[socialismisinsidious]

I double your eeks. With that sort of upside down logic then many women are accomplices to rape...often their own!

[WorkingClassFilth]

The offspring of a pinch would be a smidgeon.

[a fool in paradise]

Aparently she was good at eatin' and sleepin'...

Survey says French excel at eating, sleeping (Associated Press May 4, 2009)

[a fool in paradise]

What did she have to say about the numerous allegations of rape and sexual harassment against Bill Clinton or the way his staff and wife bitterly attacked the women who dared to step forward?