Maybe, only maybe, the morality is indefensible, but the original piece is hilarious. Writers hold grudges; sun rises in the East. Funny and mean are sometimes inextricable; sets in the West.
This essay (well, a link to it, obvs) is the one worthwhile thing I found on Facebook when I briefly returned to dip my rhetorical toe into its lurid waters. I thoroughly enjoyed your story and your telling of it. I too carry absurd wounds from such early times, incredulously and in spite of much effort to cut the shadow from my heels, and I regularly think of the traumas I in turn inflicted on other unformed psyches. You have given me further cause for reflection, and an additional gift: the Joan Didion quotation, which I will take to heart. Many thanks for sharing this.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Nothing absurd at all about those early wounds.... My partner just charged me with writing an essay about a harm I did to another child when I was young, and I "can't think of any." Uh-oh -- that is not a great sign.
I also think many/most/all? of us are very uncomfortable with our own feelings of aggressivity. It surprises me how outsized a figure "Glinda" has become in my psyche. It's a hard thing to face.
I've been waiting for the sequel! Amazing story
It took me a while to finish it....
Maybe, only maybe, the morality is indefensible, but the original piece is hilarious. Writers hold grudges; sun rises in the East. Funny and mean are sometimes inextricable; sets in the West.
LOL love this Lida — and thank you!
This essay (well, a link to it, obvs) is the one worthwhile thing I found on Facebook when I briefly returned to dip my rhetorical toe into its lurid waters. I thoroughly enjoyed your story and your telling of it. I too carry absurd wounds from such early times, incredulously and in spite of much effort to cut the shadow from my heels, and I regularly think of the traumas I in turn inflicted on other unformed psyches. You have given me further cause for reflection, and an additional gift: the Joan Didion quotation, which I will take to heart. Many thanks for sharing this.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Nothing absurd at all about those early wounds.... My partner just charged me with writing an essay about a harm I did to another child when I was young, and I "can't think of any." Uh-oh -- that is not a great sign.
I also think many/most/all? of us are very uncomfortable with our own feelings of aggressivity. It surprises me how outsized a figure "Glinda" has become in my psyche. It's a hard thing to face.