May 28, 2009
[With Apologies to Sojourner Truth...]
That man over there says that queers are asking for special rights, more than what ever'body else got, and takin' the best places. Nobody ever gave me special rights, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a queer? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have Nautilused, and cardio'd, and Pilates and Yoga'd, and no trainer could stop me! And ain't I a queer? I could kvetch as much and cavil as much as a heterosexual - when I was in the zone - and get called "faggot" in the street as well! And ain't I a queer?
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Carol Bly, who
got me all fired up about connections between neuroscience and morality and art.
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- The Xan
- Minneapolis, MN, United States
- From 1700s Italy, "dilettante" originally meant "lover of the arts," but became a pejorative when professionalism took hold during the 18th century. A dilettante became a mere lover of art as opposed to one who earned a living from it. Today, the word refers to a poseur, or one pretending to be an artist. synonyms: dabbler, sciolist, dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic Usage Examples “It’s better up here away from the phonies and the dilettantes. Here I can do what I want and no one comes to sneer. You’re not a sneerer, are you?” - Flowers for Algernon ‘There were no scientists in Stuart England,’ we are told, ‘and all the men we have grouped together under that heading were in their varying degrees dilettantes.’ - The Invention of Science Charles wasn’t a dilettante; he was serious about the breeding and created his own new lines of pigeons. - Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith source: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/dilettante
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