Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brownis an American writer, activist, and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 November 1944
CountryUnited States of America
christian years two
Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.
suffering today ethics
Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
mother aunt feelings
Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
communication gossip irresponsible
Gossip is irresponsible communication.
believe gossip literature
I believe all literature started as gossip.
creative be-creative have-courage
I don't expect executives to be creative but I do expect them to have courage.
dog dad wagons
Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.
golf way miserable
Golf is an expensive way to make yourself miserable.
men gentleman female
Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do have to learn to be ladies and gentlemen.
book writing write-your-own
If you don't like my book, write your own.
animal class culture
The human animal varies from class to class, culture to culture. In one way we are consistent: We are irrational.
reality views virginia
Plot involves fragmentary reality, and it might involve composite reality. Fragmentary reality is the view of the individual. Composite reality is the community or state view. Fragmentary reality is always set against composite reality. Virginia Woolf did this by creating fragmentary monologues and for a while this was all the rage in literature. She was a genius. In the hands of the merely talented it came off like gibberish.
emotional language weak
English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.
smart intelligence bigs
It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.