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From: wild@sun.uucp (Will Doherty)
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Subject: Delaney's fiction and "ladies"
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 17:26:14 EST
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I just wanted to put in my two cents about "Stars in My Pockets..."
Basically, I really enjoyed it, *all* the way through, and especially
enjoyed reading a book that included gay sexuality as, I would say,
a sideline issue.

I think "Tides of Lust," which is truly pornographic, is really good
as well.  Who ever said pornography is a bad thing anyway?
It's non-consensual acts that bother me, whether or not they're
related to sex.  Degradation of women is a drag too, but there are
more billboards that do this that porn that does.

As far as the use of "lady":  I agree with Ger that it symbolizes
a pristine useless woman of the well-monied classes in most cases,
and occassionally is used after "old" to indicate a female lover by people
in a male-dominated "non-monied" class.  I heard this usage most
often when I had some friends who associated themselves with the
Hell's Angels.

				Will Doherty
				sun!oscar!wild