Letters to the Editor
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What isn't germaine to criticism of Faludi
Susan Faludi has written a precise and tragic history of feminism since 9/11; this doesn't mean that her publisher would agree to print a book three or four times its length.
One thing not addressed is that an author must chose what to put in and what to leave out because publishers have ultimate power over what we read. How long will Faludi be on the best seller list (if at all) or on the talk show circuit or interviewed in magazines. There's a fundamental misassumption that Ms. Faludi didn't want to write the book that Rebecca Traister demands. Do we know what Faludi cut from her original ms? She included much of what is germaine to her thesis.
Springsteen - well - his CD doesn't cost more to produce and will be as popular as any Springsteen CD because it's Springsteen. Any comparison amounts to apples and oranges.
A brief footnote - Bush's female appointees are known for their lip-smacking adoration of Bush's conservatism and Bush himself. He may just as well appoint Ann Coulter, Phyllis Schlafly and Kate O'Beirne.
Evelyn