This is so f***ing #sexist and #chauvinist.

"In the 1940s and 1950s, scholars and critics condemned Daisy as an irredeemable villain. Critic Marius Bewley deplored the character's "vicious emptiness," Robert Ornstein dubbed her "criminally immoral," Alfred Kazin judged her to be "vulgar and inhuman," and Leslie Fiedler regarded her as a "dark destroyer" purveying "corruption and death". In these earlier critiques, scholars likened Gatsby to an innocent victim and equated Daisy with "foul dust [that] floated in the wake of his dreams". As late as 1978, scholar Rose Gallo described Daisy as "a vacuous creature" whose beauty conceals her emotional bankruptcy. ... (read more)" (Wikipedia, , #DaisyBuchanan - #CriticalAnalysis )

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: "No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'

Daisy Buchanan *** 10-18-2024
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Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: ‘No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously’

'The sexual chemistry between characters leaps off the page and smoulders on screen,' says author and Jilly Cooper aficionado Daisy Buchanan.

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Olivia also loved Daisy Buchanan's Careering from Little, Brown, & Esme Young's Behind the Seams from Blink Publishing

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Love this small book! Very much recommended and currently available to order!!

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