{"id":72257,"date":"2013-11-09T13:52:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T18:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=72257"},"modified":"2013-11-21T11:35:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:35:33","slug":"stuff-ive-been-reading-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=72257","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I’ve Been Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

— There’s a new Jonathan Swift biography which sounds excellent. I very much enjoyed reading this review<\/a>. <\/p>\n

— Fantastic essay on Grantland<\/a> about the insidious “Man up” culture we’ve got going on and how dangerous it is. Not to mention heartless. I dislike it because it assumes that “woman”-ish qualities are negative. It’s misogynistic. But it’s also harmful to men. I think of my sweet young nephews and their wonderful qualities and don’t want them burdened with this “Man up” bullshit. Very good piece saying something that needs to be said.<\/p>\n

— I found this essay on reading and grief<\/a> haunting and beautiful. <\/p>\n

— An interesting post on the always-excellent Mental Multivitamin about Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky<\/a>, which goes along with the Russian Revolution theme from this week. <\/p>\n

— I really needed to read this post by Lisa Rosman this past week: A Cat Lady Testifies: Love Is Love<\/a>. I testify, too. Proud cat lady here. Nothing to be ashamed of, much to celebrate and be grateful for. Hope curls up beside me, licks my hand, stretches on the kitchen floor adorably for my benefit, allows me to rub her belly, and follows me around from room to room. In the worst months of 2009 she would curl up around my head and just lie there as I sobbed. I won’t say I felt comfort because it was a comfortless time. But she was there. In a world that is sometimes a whirlwind of loneliness, it’s good to have her. We’re pals. And I have felt this and know this (and Hope is not my first cat. My first cat was Sammy and he was a superior creature in every way). But I have never put it into words. Thank you, Lisa. <\/p>\n

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