tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post4131780877165749650..comments2023-11-02T07:09:21.601-07:00Comments on Local or Express?: Sandra Tsing Loh is Getting Divorced!Robin Aronsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-49912115906743442072009-06-15T19:24:22.079-07:002009-06-15T19:24:22.079-07:00I'd also point out that I haven't said any...I'd also point out that I haven't said anything about the Loh essay about divorce, mostly because it wasn't all that good. As a friend pointed out, she doesn't really talk about the economic consequences for women -- which are not good -- and her friends with all that man-cooked boullaibaise and no sex seem less than realistic. So it goes. But I do like the line "lock, stock and fanny pack," even if I don't think I'm toting the pack.....Robin Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-69480527300300294232009-06-15T06:31:50.353-07:002009-06-15T06:31:50.353-07:00Well, reading Mother on Fire it's pretty clear...Well, reading Mother on Fire it's pretty clear that she's a narcissist and while I don't love that about her, it doesn't detract from the books insight, its humor or the strength of Loh's writing. I don't think I'd have a real friendship with Loh, but it's the imagined image that I'm sad to lose -- and that in a real friendship is the cruelest loss.Robin Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-59154533152670128242009-06-14T20:52:50.940-07:002009-06-14T20:52:50.940-07:00Disillusioned? If you knew the truth, you'd be...Disillusioned? If you knew the truth, you'd be flabbergasted. The whole "Mother on Fire" thing is a sham. She's a narcissist's narcissist. To her, people are either tools for personal advancement or fodder for writing. If she's talking to you, she's angling for a way to use you as one or the other. It's sad to see how many people buy her routine, lock, stock and fanny pack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com