http://www.welmer.org/2008/06/22/the-mutatio-of-desire/ Exploring the East, Revisiting the West Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.welmer.org/2008/06/22/the-mutatio-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Cdn Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:31:41 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/2008/06/22/the-metamorphosis-of-desire/#comment-73 On the plus side, it is a rare treat for me to read someone with such lean, disciplined, informed, and honest prose. On the plus side, it is a rare treat for me to read someone with such lean, disciplined, informed, and honest prose.

]]> http://www.welmer.org/2008/06/22/the-mutatio-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Bill Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:25:35 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/2008/06/22/the-metamorphosis-of-desire/#comment-67 Good point. I should try writing something more positive. It is a grim situation we're in, and it's important to recognize the mistakes we've made along the way, but this offers us men an opportunity to redefine our ideals -- a job that's long been neglected. Good point. I should try writing something more positive. It is a grim situation we’re in, and it’s important to recognize the mistakes we’ve made along the way, but this offers us men an opportunity to redefine our ideals — a job that’s long been neglected.

]]> http://www.welmer.org/2008/06/22/the-mutatio-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Cdn Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:53:18 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/2008/06/22/the-metamorphosis-of-desire/#comment-66 Good post, as always, but I gotta say that contemporary western "Guy Lit" is about the least uplifting oeuvre I've ever encountered, most of it nowadays running along the lines of "Seven handy ways to make a shiv out of a newspaper to defend yourself in jail while awaiting trial on your ex-girlfriend's false allegation of rape." Good post, as always, but I gotta say that contemporary western “Guy Lit” is about the least uplifting oeuvre I’ve ever encountered, most of it nowadays running along the lines of “Seven handy ways to make a shiv out of a newspaper to defend yourself in jail while awaiting trial on your ex-girlfriend’s false allegation of rape.”

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