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I'm enjoying I Blame the Patriarchy, the "radical feminist views of Twisty Faster, a gentleman farmer and spinster aunt eating dinner in Austin, Texas."

I wish I could write like this. An example, from today's entry about Oprah:

I happened to hear Oprah’s dulcet tones on the TV in the next room. She was still Fat Oprah back then, not yet the Voice of God, so she was sensibly advising some woman “Dump him, girl!” rather than menacing her with old-tyme religion. Her audience erupted in supportive sisterly applause as Anne Wilson Schaef’s Co-Dependence smashed through my window.

Whereupon a celestial choir began singing “aahh” and a brilliant light shone down and lo I did say unto myself, “Dump him? Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that?”

So I called the cops, and that was the end of that a******.

Twisty has a concept, summarized neatly in her description, and she pretty much sticks with it. I have enjoyed her recent series, "Public Cans of Austin," where she has managed to mix patriarchy-blaming and eating out. She has posted pictures of the niece that renders her a spinster aunt. She discusses at length her dog's art projects. Aside from those conceptually acceptable asides, though, the focus on patriarchy blaming is relentless, angry and funny and true. The woman is a genius.

Not for the politically conservative. Be sure to read all the FAQs; they're a hoot.