04-30-2015, 03:35 AM
Thanks RN (I did read your latest, but I had no idea what you were referencing so I left no comments, so it seems we are somewhat in the same boats.)
for the coming of Frida Kahlo’s patron saint, I don't get it....
the Madonna-whore of moral taint.
This is a pop cultural reference, "Madonna" the "singer" being Frida's patron saint (TNC). There is the queen of self absorption, Madonna, and then all of her little middle aged rich women followers who are as equally as self absorbed. They have taken Frida as their own thinking that they identify with her pain, when they have nothing of the sort. So that is the reference.
I like the punctuation corrections. However, on the air quotes, I prefer not to use them in formal writing unless the narrator is a valley girl, something along those line where the air quotes are endemic to the species.
Anyway, I just wanted to comment on these few things and to thank you for a very nice critique which I will certainly utilize when looking at the revision.
Dale
for the coming of Frida Kahlo’s patron saint, I don't get it....
the Madonna-whore of moral taint.
This is a pop cultural reference, "Madonna" the "singer" being Frida's patron saint (TNC). There is the queen of self absorption, Madonna, and then all of her little middle aged rich women followers who are as equally as self absorbed. They have taken Frida as their own thinking that they identify with her pain, when they have nothing of the sort. So that is the reference.
I like the punctuation corrections. However, on the air quotes, I prefer not to use them in formal writing unless the narrator is a valley girl, something along those line where the air quotes are endemic to the species.
Anyway, I just wanted to comment on these few things and to thank you for a very nice critique which I will certainly utilize when looking at the revision.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.