Tuesday, May 22, 2018

№ 339: #SwedesToo

Der Spiegel: Literature, Lust and Lies at the Swedish Academy

The Swedish Academy will not be awarding a Nobel prize in literature this year. And a closer look at the swamp of scandal in Stockholm raises doubts as to whether it can ever be rehabilitated.

Things are just fine — until they suddenly aren't anymore. Then, everyone turns around and looks back in amazement at the human destruction and shards of shattered dignity left behind. At the moral morass. And they wonder: How could we have believed that everything would turn out alright?

WARNING: Article contains detailed descriptions of male misbehavior. Reader caution is advised. (Really!)

It seems, regardless, of position or wealth
a male of our species can't help himself
from helping himself to a woman's anatomy
even at, sadly, the Swedish Academy
where a bunch of (still!) mostly older white guys
each year decides who gets Nobel Lit. Prize.
This suggests men can not comprehend an instruction
which makes a distinction betwixt force and seduction.