etiquatte girls thinkpiece (a skeleton)

[dubdobdee]

tales of the city by armistead maupin (1974-89)
cities of the red night by william burroughs (1981)
sex in the city by candace bushnell (1994-97)
electrik city by electrik red*

plus (off-message titlewise):
fear of flying by erica jong (1973)
intercourse by andrea dworkin (1987)
public sex: the culture of radical sex by pat califia (2000)

(seekrit burroughs fans! who knew!?)

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what's the thinkpiece about?

pat califia bks: as hard to find 2nd hand as a Wimbledon men's single final ticket!

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i am trying to persuade someone to jigsaw together a big vast argumentative piece on modes of feminism and sexual etiquette and social microcontrol and macrocontrol in these the last days of the long-boom ultra-consumer age, as a response to danity kane's welcome to the dollhouse and electric red's how to be a lady, by giving them some of the less immediately obvious but arguably u&k pieces of the jigsaw...

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if possible, do link if any piece comes out bcz of this. i started collecting some Dworkin and trying to get a more erm in depth knowledge of fem (and everything) etc

also I should listen to more recs this year.