tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post2892522506283767424..comments2024-03-04T12:44:00.261+00:00Comments on Debi Alper: Round up of the buzzDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-35214106371213860942006-11-23T19:13:00.000+00:002006-11-23T19:13:00.000+00:00Tempers are flaring! Check out Kimbofo at Reading...Tempers are flaring! Check out Kimbofo at Reading Matters for some really over-the-top responses to the issues she raised. <br /><br />I've always been of the opinion that if we're talking about something this in itself has to be good. But then someone goes in and launches personal attacks ... I don't get it.<br /><br />Agree or disagree - fine. But don't resort to name calling for chrissakes.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-24874969461498342862006-11-23T09:42:00.000+00:002006-11-23T09:42:00.000+00:00Not sure about 'consensus',jta, since the whole po...Not sure about 'consensus',jta, since the whole point of reviews is they're subjective. <br /><br />But certainly I go for 'more the merrier'. I can't see any logical argument AGAINST increasing diversity ...and I'm always up for an attack on privilege!Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-14328005707954127712006-11-22T15:31:00.000+00:002006-11-22T15:31:00.000+00:00We're up against more than that, Shameless. The di...We're up against more than that, Shameless. The distinction you point out is part of a canon--the educated speech of well-off people who've been to the right schools and learned the right lessons. As such it's a distinction increasingly ignored in the wild, along with the subjunctive, the accusative "whom," etc etc. We may mourn the loss, but it's happening. The dissonance in this case is clear, though, and I take your point that a "guardian" of traditional standards should better reflect those standards.<br /><br />On the other hand, a twit's a twit, an ass is an ass, and what the fuck else can you expect from a twit and an ass?<br /><br />Shouldn't book reviews be a matter of consensus, anyway? As in so much of life, doesn't the rule of "the more the merrier" apply here? What exactly is there to defend? Only one thing, so far as I can see: privilege.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-84558856927272453292006-11-21T23:41:00.000+00:002006-11-21T23:41:00.000+00:00Debi, as I just said on DoveGreyReader ... we're a...Debi, as I just said on DoveGreyReader ... we're all in serious trouble when a literary review editor writes "neither to be surprised or distressed". Has he or she not heard of the neither-nor rule? That's what we're up against.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.com