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Begotten Of Ian Fleming

from Thirty Ghosts by Harvey Pekar

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Begotten Of Ian Fleming

View-Master disc of stoic WASP-y testosterone arms-racers with Goldilocks-approved confidence and effortlessly hypnotic sway over the opposite sex: the revolving images of my impressionable naivety. I agonized over jumping castle walls[7]. I can hardly imagine the ruminations of our sisters[8]. What sort of culture… what sort of sick culture implants these thoughts in its youth? Cinderella’s feet were so desirable the envious became masochists. Pain and self-loathing spawn from the perceived need to fit into a so-called “pretty” person’s shoes[9]. I am not my Y-chromosome. These overalls are not one size fits all. The princess has rejected domesticity. Embrace one another as unique allies rather than cloned rivals.

7. “Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!” Super Mario Bros.

8. “The beauty barrage peoples the fantasy locus of a woman with ‘beautiful’ naked ghosts that claim her territory, turning a dim private space into a movie set where famous strangers who have nothing to do with her display themselves.” Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth.

9. “‘Cut the toe off; when thou art Queen thou wilt have no more need to go on foot.’ The maiden cut the toe off, forced the foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the King’s son. Then he took her on his horse as his bride and rode away with her.” Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. "Cinderella." Fairy Tales.

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from Thirty Ghosts, released December 16, 2011

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Elliott Frank: Guitar
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Nick Schmitt: Bass

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