Andrea Dworkin

[dreamer_easy]

Dear oh dear. That's me out of sexintelligence...

Thanks for your thoughtful and positive response to my previous email. However, in the latest Sexual Intelligence, you again mischaracterise Dworkin: she opposed Canada's 1993 Butler obscenity law, and her books were seized (and then released) by customs officials under laws which predated Butler and had nothing to do with it. My impression is that your understanding of Dworkin comes solely from her critics, not from anything she said or wrote.

I'm sorry to say I won't be reading Sexual Intelligence any more - while I greatly admire your sensible stance on issues such as emergency contraception, I can no longer confidently accept what I read in the newsletter as fact.

Marty Klein needs to have a look at The Andrea Dworkin Lie Detector, or indeed any of Dworkin's speeches or books. Klein is firmly pro-pornography (and pro-ogling underage girls) so would still disagree with Dworkin's stance and actions, but at least he might know his enemy.

Comments

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

"I can no longer confidently accept what I read in the newsletter as fact."

Hmmm... The question arises, should one *ever* confidently accept what one reads in a newsletter as fact? (You can probably hear that constantly circulating "NO!" at the back of my head. If it's annoying you, think how much of a headache it gives me... =:o/ )

And if one doesn't, is that sufficient grounds to cease reading the newsletter?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I take everything online with a grain of salt. Once any source starts getting buried under the stuff, it's time to quit. :-)

[kitzen-kat.livejournal.com]

::blinkblink::

I had to reread his para on Dworkin - I thought he was writing about somebody else or maybe he had been reading tertiary sources instead of what she wrote herself.