It's Desire, It's Divorce, It's De-Lovely

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It's Desire, It's Divorce, It's De-Lovely

Kat Rosenfield

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Feb 16, 2024

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Kat and Phoebe discuss a fun philosophical question about desire, a fine literary essay about not getting divorced, and the sacred gossip machine known as the whisper network.

Is it better to desire or be desired? Many journalists, etc weigh in: The Desire Question｜Dirt

Emily Gould decompensates, turns decompensation into literature.

Should I Leave My Husband? The Lure of Divorce

The article shall be a book!

https://twitter.com/EmilyGouldNYmag/status/1757840399928844671

Phoebe on Emily Gould’s not-divorcing essay:

Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Goulded cages

Anyone who remembers—and how could one not—that the writer Emily Gould did a crowd-funding campaign to divorce her terrible husband (also a writer; it’s always thus), only to reconcile with this husband, probably had some questions. Gould went and answered those and then some in a…

2 months ago · 35 likes · 18 comments · Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Phoebe on Emily Gould’s yes, divorcing crowdfunder that preceded it:

Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

The Female Heterosexuality Project lives on

No sooner had I posted my response to one essay about a woman’s rejection of “the whole project of straight monogamous marriage” than my DMs alerted me to the existence of another writer, announcing that she will “be taking an infinite hiatus from hetero marriage and monogamy. They are a trap for women, full stop. Sometimes a trap can be cozy. Mine was…

2 years ago · 5 likes · Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Kat on whisper networks and the women who whisper:

The usual palm tree

On careless whispers

There was a point, in the midst of my recent reporting on a wild little drama in the mystery writing world, where the possibility briefly arose that I had stumbled into a #MeToo scoop. It ultimately turned out not to be, which I'm glad about for a variety of reasons; for those wondering about the misconduct that wasn’t, suffice to say …

2 months ago · 37 likes · 7 comments · Kat Rosenfield

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Problematic faves, dissident feminism, and poodle interruptions: this is Feminine Chaos, featuring cultural commentary from Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield.

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