Comments on: Happy 74th Birthday to Kate Millett http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963 I hate arguments. I love stories. I hate ideology. I love passion. That is all. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:32:44 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: vmarinelli http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-2654 vmarinelli Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:17:27 +0000 http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963#comment-2654 I'm always happy to hear about others who recognize her great legacy, and that she has not been "forgotten," as <a href="http://Salon.com" rel="nofollow">Salon.com</a> described her here - <a href="http://salon.com/people/feature/1999/06/05/millet/" rel="nofollow">http://salon.com/people/feature/1999/06/05/millet/</a> - in *all* circles.<br><br>I have all of Kate's books as well as the biography focusing on her work as a sculptor. The woman is a force of nature, whose body of work will continue to be enormously influential, even when many who've ultimately benefited from her activism, writing and art still don't know so much as her name. I'm always happy to hear about others who recognize her great legacy, and that she has not been “forgotten,” as Salon.com described her here – http://salon.com/people/feature/1999/06/05/millet/ – in *all* circles.

I have all of Kate's books as well as the biography focusing on her work as a sculptor. The woman is a force of nature, whose body of work will continue to be enormously influential, even when many who've ultimately benefited from her activism, writing and art still don't know so much as her name.

]]> By: Nancy McDowell http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-2653 Nancy McDowell Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:56:17 +0000 http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963#comment-2653 Forgotten? Not by me she hasn't been. Someone who has been as formative as she has been throughout my adult life won't be forgotten. Sexual Politics is/was indeed a landmark, but Millett's other works -- writings, activities, art -- will stand all tests of time. Forgotten? Not by me she hasn't been. Someone who has been as formative as she has been throughout my adult life won't be forgotten. Sexual Politics is/was indeed a landmark, but Millett's other works — writings, activities, art — will stand all tests of time.

]]> By: vmarinelli http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-2484 vmarinelli Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:38:42 +0000 http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963#comment-2484 It was a valuable book for me too. Then in 1993 I had the experience of visiting her in St. Paul and having her A) scream at my girlfriend and me, calling us whores and the like; B) throwing furniture in my direction (which did not hit me, but did break apart on the floor), and C) finally slip from her drunken rage (e.g., she passed out on the floor). <br><br>So it added, shall we say, a different perspective on the mental illness issue than that which I'd read in <em>The Loony Bin Trip</em>. It was a valuable book for me too. Then in 1993 I had the experience of visiting her in St. Paul and having her A) scream at my girlfriend and me, calling us whores and the like; B) throwing furniture in my direction (which did not hit me, but did break apart on the floor), and C) finally slip from her drunken rage (e.g., she passed out on the floor).

So it added, shall we say, a different perspective on the mental illness issue than that which I'd read in The Loony Bin Trip.

]]> By: Lost Clown http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-2483 Lost Clown Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:21:00 +0000 http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963#comment-2483 I adore Kate Millet and her book <i>The Loony-Bin Trip</i> about being bi-polar and her struggles with hospitals and lithium, while not generally talked about, was such a great thing for me to find and to read. I adore Kate Millet and her book The Loony-Bin Trip about being bi-polar and her struggles with hospitals and lithium, while not generally talked about, was such a great thing for me to find and to read.

]]> By: Southern Discomfort / I had also considered “Scotch and Prune Juice” http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-2318 Southern Discomfort / I had also considered “Scotch and Prune Juice” Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:19:14 +0000 http://victoriamarinelli.com/main/?p=963#comment-2318 [...] narrative as well as a fleeting interaction with Mafia - curiously, around the same time I last saw Kate Millett - must eventually be written.) The more improbable and true, the [...] [...] narrative as well as a fleeting interaction with Mafia – curiously, around the same time I last saw Kate Millett – must eventually be written.) The more improbable and true, the [...]

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