I Wanna Have Sex on the Beach, or, Why I'm Not a Feminist

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Ha. So so oddly amazing.

Every step you walk
you have to position yourself
in just the right light, because you
wouldn't want to look weak.

I loved that. The second stanza was weird but I can sort of see where you were going [lil fibs never hurt]
And the last two lines of your third stanza was a really good metaphor.

God damn... why does your poetry always make sense?




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I think what lost some of the appeal of this to me was the bitter voice that came through - intentional or not or just sounded like you wanted to have a go at someone. Te second stanza has too many yous and understandably becomes too prosaic and feels wordy and I just felt like some sort of description/imagery/substance (take your pick) is needed to really make your point. Otherwise it feels like a rant.

I mean, structurally and technically it's all sound but I'm just sure about the way you've written it.
Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.




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It was a go at Toril Moi and Judith Butler.
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." -Hal Abelson




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Some feminists, right? Doesn't help me at all.
Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.



A big mountain of sugar is too much for one man. I can see now why God portions it out in those little packets.
— Homer Simpson