Trying to admire the unadmirable

[drownedinink]

Since I was raised to try to say something nice about everybody, I'll try to say something good about theorist Mark Halperin, author of "Is There A History of Sexuality?", "One Hundred Years of Homosexuality," and "How To Do The History of Homosexuality."

Hmm...

Well, I admire the fact that he managed to pull entire books out of his ass. Looks

Comments

[nitasee]

I always get him confused with Mark Helprin, the author of A Winter's Tale. I suspect that's unfortunate for the Helprin.

[drownedinink]

There's too many Halperins and Helrpins running around.

[mossymonkey]

Come now, that's the American way! You wouldn't expect people to actually have some basis for thinking what they think, would you? Imagine the political ramifications!

[drownedinink]

Of course there's a basis to his "thought": his willful and complete ignorance of the historical scholarship on sexuality, and his own trite issues with gay rights.