Did anyone else feel sorry for Jeremijenko's children after reading the article? I know I did. The bizarre names, the life in chaos, the mother with far more ego than talent, the father who puts up with this madness. It's bad enough that Jeremijenko comes off as a lesser character in a David Foster Wallace story without damaging her kids along life's merry way. That the article writer portrays this dilettante as a serious artist/serious scientist goes a long way in showing the immense disconnect between the critical writers and their pets and the real artists and real scientists in modern America. That the article writer glossed over the complete unworthiness of this woman as a mother goes a long way in showing the disconnect between the critical writers and their pets and the basic contract implicit between parents and their children. Children trump art; children trump science; don't have them if you're merely going to utilize them as backdrops in the theater of your overblown existence. Anyone know the number for social services in Jeremijenko's neighborhood?
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