female-trouble

<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/female-trouble/"></div><p>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/tausif-noor/">Tausif Noor</a></p>
<p>Here is an anecdote that sounds like a disclaimer: a year ago, I went out with a writer, who asked on our first date who I’d been reading. I mentioned Ottessa Moshfegh and Mary Gaitskill. His eyes widened. “<em>Veronica</em> is my favorite novel. I once met Mary at a writing retreat. She is unflinching.” I liken the experience to a reverse Bechdel Test of sorts: is it possible for two men discussing Gaitskill to refer to her in terms that don’t indicate their speakers’ own trepidation? <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/female-trouble/#more-3576" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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