Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

A woman's touch

Throw pillows as gender marker

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Apr 02, 2024
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Yes, I know about “The Case for Marrying a Thousand Year Old Man.” Yes, I have thoughts on it, elsewhere. But one passage of it, tangential to its main point or its significance (these are, hint hint, not the same), has stuck with me:

I find a post on Reddit where five thousand men try to define “a woman’s touch.” They describe raised flower beds, blanke…

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