tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post6491531546679290155..comments2024-03-29T05:18:51.551-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Things I Learned at the Utopian Studies Conferencepattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87996114120861080522008-11-03T21:21:00.000-05:002008-11-03T21:21:00.000-05:00Pretty much is. Or at least his most influential.Pretty much is. Or at least his most influential.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61441181463724364422008-11-03T21:18:00.000-05:002008-11-03T21:18:00.000-05:00Just checked that poem out. Not his finest effort,...Just checked that poem out. Not his finest effort, I hope.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91517458147844248012008-11-03T20:33:00.000-05:002008-11-03T20:33:00.000-05:00Academic men probably feel awkward about not build...Academic men probably feel awkward about not building muscles while working. And not having "real world" boredom in their jobs, having academic boredom instead. And then there are entirely too many nubile youngsters around.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-29802633113738663252008-11-03T20:31:00.000-05:002008-11-03T20:31:00.000-05:00Hence my mocking reference, in the poetry discussi...Hence my mocking reference, in the poetry discussion, of Hamlin Garland, the most machismic poet I've encountered. "Do You Fear the Force of the Wind?" is quite enough.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81909669369155866982008-11-03T06:35:00.000-05:002008-11-03T06:35:00.000-05:00Maculinity is such a big thing in academia-I almos...Maculinity is such a big thing in academia-I almost wrote this as a joke. Ian Flemming created a character to dispute the notion that all spies were gay-after that circle with Philby. But boredom seeps in with all the macho displays probably and then the academics creep in and point fingers.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65607476609837258002008-11-03T03:58:00.000-05:002008-11-03T03:58:00.000-05:00I'm not sure about this - although the character's...I'm not sure about this - although the character's well diluted in these modern times, though.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-29520096318894372952008-11-02T15:03:00.000-05:002008-11-02T15:03:00.000-05:00Well, inasmuch as he's impotent (and inept) in eve...Well, inasmuch as he's impotent (and inept) in every way but sexually in GOLDFINGER, I think the film Bond was already stymied.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com