Waiting Room Reading. . .

Aug 10, 2010 11:59

" . . . nothing is more salient . . . today than the revolution taking place in the position and outlook of women--taking place much more deeply in the quiet than even the noise on the surface demonstrates--so we may very well yet see the female elbow itself, kept in increasing activity by the play of the pen, smash with final resonance the window ( Read more... )

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steepholm August 10 2010, 19:07:37 UTC
I trust that the female elbow will be appropriately attired when it makes that shocking public entrance!

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sartorias August 10 2010, 21:32:23 UTC
Elbow pads?

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madrobins August 10 2010, 20:54:40 UTC
That's wonderful. Imagine James looking about him now.

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sartorias August 10 2010, 21:32:13 UTC
Yeah!

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la_marquise_de_ August 11 2010, 12:56:12 UTC
And yet he also wrote The Bostonians. He must have had mixed feelings about letting us out of that kitchen.

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sartorias August 11 2010, 13:10:11 UTC
Heh!

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