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History of Feminism

ismnotwasm

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2. From what I understand he didn't bother with depth or real humanity for his women characters

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 11:24 AM

Jan 2019

He seemed to not understand Jewish women, much less women in general, and so his characters fell flat, while the rest of his writing was rich, informative and well done. I read “Portnoys Complaint” but it was so long ago I don’t remember a damn thing.

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Women, Misogyny, Feminism, Philip Roth, trump and the NewYorker Radio Hour [View all] irisblue Dec 2018 OP

I really hate Philip Roth. He's disgusting. shenmue Dec 2018 #1

From what I understand he didn't bother with depth or real humanity for his women characters ismnotwasm Jan 2019 #2

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