Word: sontag
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...another problem, but again with blankets." When going to Wesleyan, pack "knee socks, saltines (they never feed you) and a guitar." At Williams, beware of "the woods and the steam tunnels under the school." At Columbia, "be prepared for plenty of pot, plenty of existentialism and plenty of Susan Sontag...
There is nothing new here. No intelligent person asks "What does it mean?" in the tone of voice Miss Sontag hears, except possibly the authors of the Hymarx College Outline Series...
...book it moves him, it gives him an idea--it means something to him, emotionally or intellectually. The real problem is "Why and how does it mean what is does?" This curiousity is aroused by the recognition of meaning. Meaning is whatever makes a book worth reading; Miss Sontag, true to form, finds few books worth her time...
There are twenty-six essays in Against Interpretation, and only three of them are about something Miss Sontag liked. These three deal with the most obscure books or films she touches upon. When she manages to praise something, it is always in the "no, but" form...
...latter quotation can also be read as "Look at me. I am different. I don't like what other people like. Miss Sontag would debunk ice cream if she could find a publisher. She even comes out against truth...