Reading about Nietzsche and his attitudes toward women led me to his association with Lou Andreas-Salomé, famous psychoanalyst, sociologist, socialite, polyamorist. Then I found this 1892 photo of her with Nietzsche and Paul Rée, with whom its reputed she had a ménage à trois. She gets added to my “favorite broads” list! Always knew of […]
Tonite over drinks at my old haunt in Greenpoint, The Mark Bar, a friend tells me my living situation should be a screenplay between the alcoholic/speed freak polish carpenter who uses the apartment as a testing ground for his decorative ideas, and refuses to lock the outside door, among other ANNOYING behavior (like getting into […]
So here are some words I’ve collected that intrigue me largely for their instant visual and aural pleasure (as well as their usage/definitions). Call them high-caliber. Or as Janet Frame put it in Living in Maniototo (1979): “A word, which is exciting to look at and say and which doesn’t slop its meaning over the […]
THIS IS FROM MY LATEST HUFFPOST PIECE, cheers! (sorry that so many links to various titles among author bios got cut/unlinked). Summer reading lists are as ubiquitous as the inevitable heat, and while I’m always interested in what writers are reading, I find this genre — if that’s the right word — a bit […]
WORDS HAVE POWER “Linguistic reclamation, also known as linguistic resignification or reappropriation, refers to the appropriation of a pejorative epithet by its target(s)….Laying claim to the forbidden, the word as weapon is taken up and taken back by those it seeks to shackle – a self-emancipation that defies hegemonic linguistic ownership and the (a)buse of […]
From the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary: pho·ny–ba·lo·ney adj \-bə-ˈlō-nē\ Definition of PHONY-BALONEY : phony e Variants of PHONY-BALONEY pho·ny–ba·lo·ney or pho·ney–baloney First Known Use of PHONY-BALONEY: 1978 Synonyms: artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed,lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous Antonyms: artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned From a 1937 issue of American Speech (published by Duke University Press), written by Peter Tamony: Tweet
