The XX Factor: What women really think.

No Yawning Allowed

Canon building is empire building. Canon defense is national defense. Canon debate, whatever the terrain, nature, and range (of criticism, of history, of the history of knowledge, of the definition of language, the universality of aesthetic principles, the sociology of art, the humanistic imagination), is the clash of cultures. And all of the interests are vested.

I buy that hook, line, and sinker. So, E.J., if you want a mainstream culture that supports everything you've advocated for, like gay marriage and equal workplace treatment for women, I think you've got to stifle those yawns!