3. A few examples. J.G. Ballard: "I believe in the mysterious beauty of Margaret Thatcher, in the arch of her nostrils and the sheen of her lower lip…”pic.twitter.com/9vKH3Jvtb6
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3. A few examples. J.G. Ballard: "I believe in the mysterious beauty of Margaret Thatcher, in the arch of her nostrils and the sheen of her lower lip…”pic.twitter.com/9vKH3Jvtb6
4. In 1982, Anthony Powell attended a dinner where he was seated between Thatcher & V.S. Naipaul. In his journals he wrote, "I continue to find Mrs Thatcher very attractive physically. Her overhanging eyelids, hooded eyes, are the only suggestion of mystery..."pic.twitter.com/YEMWkvSw7w
5. In his memoirs, Kingsley Amis said he dreamed about Thatcher more than any other woman. Elsewhere that she was ‘One of the best-looking women I had ever met." He and Larkin shared such thoughts in their letters.
6. Hitchens, in his memoirs, is the writer who goes into this subject at the most length, retelling with relish an anecdote about Thatcher whacking him on the bum with a copy of Parliamentary orders of the day and saying "naughty boy."
7. Hitchens account emphasizes the element of sadomasochism play in these fantasies, suggesting that Thatcher's hold on the "political libido" (CH's phrase) was about her power, the thrill of submitting to her dominance so to speak.
Jeet Heer Retweeted Trevor Panasiuk
8. Another example.https://twitter.com/TrevorPanFry/status/1065408469811916800 …
Jeet Heer added,
Jeet Heer Retweeted Pallas Tweet
9. There is an element of truth to this. Kissinger's "power is an aphrodisiac" can apply to powerful women as well as men. But it also plays out different in the two genders.https://twitter.com/PallasTweet/status/1065408246276481026 …
Jeet Heer added,
10. I don't think I'm over reading these sexualizing comments as showing the need of many men, even those who supported her politics, to try and contain her, to foreground her gender broke gender barriers and triumphed in a male field.
Jeet Heer Retweeted Kim Davis
11. This makes sense. Thatcher was a hugely disruptive figure, not just as first British Prime Minister but also a particularly transformative leader. The sexualization had an element of diminishment, saying in effect, "she's still a woman"https://twitter.com/WilfridPinkPig/status/1065409097313517568 …
Jeet Heer added,
Diminishment is more like what Trump does, denigrating the looks of every woman who rejects or accuses him.
These comments you’re tweeting about sound more like what @PallasTweet said.
Raspberries to all those who can’t imagine the erotic power of a woman not a starlet type.
Depends on the comment. In some of them, there is definitely an element of diminishment. Others are more sincere.
As to diminishment, to me Trump embodies the following axiom of schadenfreude writ large: It is not enough that I succeed; all of you must fail.
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