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ptenopus's review
5.0
"Has a young admirer ever attached himself to you? He dogged your footsteps, dressed as nearly like you as possible, acquired your mannerisms and expressions, and told everyone how wonderful you were. At first you may have been amused, even flattered. But you became uneasy, then annoyed. You were being caricatured, your individuality undermined and cheapened. You felt used, fed off of, and your admirer took on the lewdness of the voyeur. You were being appropriated for his needs, used as raw material in his efforts to divert or remodel himself. Finally, you despised him. Imitation is a form of cannibalism. And the imitator is never content merely to nibble; oh no, every so often, when life becomes dull or frustrating, he becomes greedy. Nothing will satisfy him but the whole, body and blood."
Jefferson writes with a straightforward approach and lack of apology I find missing in many who discuss things such as this. More worried about offending the fragile white ego than putting forth the truth, she is not.
Jefferson writes with a straightforward approach and lack of apology I find missing in many who discuss things such as this. More worried about offending the fragile white ego than putting forth the truth, she is not.
rexpostfacto's review
5.0
A short read, but an extremely powerful one. I wish there was more! The historical precedent the author describes is one I had not realized went so far back, though I am, sadly, not surprised.
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