1. A few thoughts on Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, J.G. Ballard, Anthony Powell, Christopher Hitchens, BDSM, the political libido, & the tendency of some male writers to sexualize Margaret Thatcher.
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2. I don't know if anyone has gathered together a full anthology, but a large number of British writers (as far as I know all male) have written about the hold Margaret Thatcher had on their erotic imagination.
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
The British elite all get beaten as part of their education. The American elite is less comfortable with their own masochism and so resented HRC. [idle speculation]
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