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From: falk@peregrine.Eng.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
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Subject: Re: Andrea Dworkin's new book?
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Date: 15 Oct 90 21:08:38 GMT
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In article <547.9010101851@subnode.lfcs.ed.ac.uk> jha@lfcs.edinburgh.ac.UK (Jamie Andrews) writes:

>     I recently read a review of Andrea Dworkin's new book
>in which the reviewer said that Dworkin had done a complete
>about-face, and now supports pornography, prostitution, and
>S/M sex.  Has anyone seen the book or other reviews?

>     It's a work of fiction, and I couldn't tell how serious
>the reviewer was being, but it seemed pretty straight.  If
>this is true, it's amazing.

Is this "Ice and Fire"?  If so, it's not really that new, it's a
couple of years old.  I remember a review that quoted a line something
like "She fucks me hard.  Sometimes she fucks me until I bleed".  I
haven't read it, but the reviewer implied that the book would classify
as pornography and be bannable under the Dworkin-McKinnon laws.  It
came out about the same time as her book "Intercourse" which was a
treatise on how the act of sexual intercourse is a form of oppression
against women.

As near as I can tell, Dworkin is only against pornography,
prostitution, and S/M if it involves men.

Or does she really have a new book?

		-ed falk, sun microsystems
		 sun!falk, falk@sun.com
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