The Writer's Life 10/6 - Turnabout

In an event rich with irony, the head of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU was shouted down during an address at the College of William and Mary by the student chapter of Black Lives Matter, which shouted: "...liberalism is white supremacy." One of them also said: "Where is the freedom of speech of the oppressed protected?" Right under your nose, obviously and, given the lyrics of some hip-hop records, just about everywhere.

How refreshing that women are attacking, for a change, a liberal icon, Harvey Weinstein, for sexual harassment. I'm shocked - shocked - that a powerful man would try to persuade women to have sex with him. Who ever heard of such a thing?

Sign of the times: There is 24/7 police presence at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, protecting the statue against vandalism.

NY Post film critic Sara Stewart has rated Blade Runner 2049 two stars. The large caption accompanying the review reads: "It's a Man's World." I didn't read it, as I don't want to know anything about a film until I view it. It's been a long time since I've been tempted to see a movie in a theater. The last one I saw, at the now defunct Kingsway, was Dick Tracy (1990), and that was only because a pretty young thing I was crazy about wanted to see it. 

The floating book shop sold a wide array of works today. My thanks to John Jay College professor of criminology Barry Spunt, who overpaid for Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer by Ann Rule; to the woman who purchased The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison; to the one who bought a geography pictorial for her grandson; to the couple who selected The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett and a Nora Roberts thriller; to the gentleman who purchased Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger; and to the old-timer who bought three 30 Rock DVDs donated by a gentleman only minutes earlier. My thanks also to the woman who donated a Russian literary translation of a Brazilian soap opera.

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