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Best of...Difficult Women
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...and now for something completely difficult. We are inaugurating a new project, the "Best of..." series. Inspired by our annual holiday season "Best of..." special, in which Eric, Kate, and Daya pick their faves from the previous year; the new series differs in one significant way, each episode is organized around one theme - today's is Difficult Women. So, expect to be challenged and meta-challenged! The show opens with a brief discussion about the new series; then Kate explains what inspired her to propose this week's theme; followed by three sets of three engaging discussions about three difficult women - "thrice to thine and thrice to mine / And thrice again. to make up nine."
Our best of choices are...
Kate's Best Of:
Delphine from The Green Ray by Eric Roehmer
Wanda, from Wanda by Barbara Loden
Sophie Calle, artist
Eric's Best Of:
Djuna Barnes, author of Nightwood
Andrea Dworkin, feminist critic
Azalea Banks
Bonus Round: Judith Butler
Medaya's Best Of:
Lucy Snowe, protagonist of Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Mariah Carey, diva
Angela Davis & Gayatri Spivak, professors
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The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.