black is the new green.

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Sigh... Must I keep repeating this idea? What is important about Sartre was what he could not say but pointed to.

Ignore his writings. Sartre had exactly one important philosophical accomplishment: he bedded de Beauvoir. Understand her, and the difficulty inherent in his task, and his philosophy is made manifest

# posted by

Anonymous : October 15, 2006 11:25 PM

See, I am reading Sartre as part of my complete-and-utter-bullshit crash course in Western epistemology in my AP English class. xD So I'm not really reading enough of it to get what he's pointing to - and I don't think my teacher has even mentioned de Beauvoir.

# posted by

ees : October 15, 2006 11:53 PM

OK... Have you seen "Brokeback Mountain"? De Beauvoir was Jack Twist to Sartre's Enis Del Mar. She made him what he was.

But wait. "AP English"? Are you still in high school? I thought you were already in college.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 16, 2006 12:03 AM

She's a senior in high school, bub.

Sartre has that effect on me too, but I've been meaning to read some De Beauvoir. She promises to be interesting for femininininism.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 16, 2006 12:29 AM

Oh boy. I am glad I didn't take AP English this year. (/sarcasm)

While I could be crash-coursing in Wester epistemology, I am instead doing WORKSHEETS on PUNCTUATION.

Oh how I love the gap between Honors and AP.

# posted by

alias: Elle : October 16, 2006 12:47 AM

Yes, she's a beacon of feminininininism, and even femininininininininism. I couldn't take AP English my senior year because it conflicted with AP physics, so I spent most of the time doing punctuation worksheets too.

Actually, come to think of it, I got accepted to SJC in October, so I spent most of senior English skipping class and hanging out in the drama classroom.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 16, 2006 8:38 AM

Hmph. I'll have to reflect on that aspect of open admission policies.

Erin, you don't know any nice potential Shimerians to send me, do you? Because it would be nice to have some other NYer to bitch about the utter lack of topography out here with.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 16, 2006 10:05 AM

No Shimerians occur to me readily. You should visit here as an admissions rep. :P

# posted by

ees : October 16, 2006 3:30 PM