6/4/2023 0 Comments Cowgirls get the blues book![]() ![]() ![]() That's not to say that his female (or male, for that matter) characters are immune to a deeply-buried hatred of women or a painfully obvious yearning to fetishize the human form as little more than living, breathing, sweating, stinking sex toys.Īnd if that doesn't constitute my own personal pile of toro feces, I don't know what will. He seems to have severe issues in dealing with authority figures, from the political to the personal, and it's probably this, more than any latent misogyny or objectification of women that informs his peculiar brand of feminism. Admittedly, Robbins self-indulgence and complete lack of discipline did get tiresome from time to time, the verve with which he wrote it provides the book with the only excuse it needs.Īs far as what he or the book are attempting to say? I'll be damned if I know. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was a very fun read, despite its many flaws. ![]() In spite of the readily apparent flimsiness that results, what's left feel remarkably authentic. ![]() Show More begin to imagine that Robbins actually believes half of what he writes (and if he does, what the hell does it matter anyway?), but I get a kick out of his willingness to throw everything, including the kitchen sink, onto the page and leave the rest of us to mop up the detritus. ![]()
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