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54. Performative Male Readers: A Modest Proposal
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library.
According to a recent Independent article by Lydia Spencer-Elliott, the elusive "literary man"--long thought extinct--has become further threatened by an ingeniously camouflaged obligate predator, the "performative male reader." While by all appearances a "literary man," the "performative male reader" (Homo librispretentious) is in fact anything but, using his book as an aesthetic cudgel to lure and subdue unsuspecting female prey.
To combat this invasive species, publisher and animal behavior specialist Sam Austen has devised an ingenious…
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