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9. "Throwing shade"?

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 06:14 PM

Jun 2014

Never heard that before. Assumed it was protection.

Happy nonetheless to see Rand readers getting schooled.

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Flannery O’Connor Throwing Shade at Ayn Rand in 1960 [View all] ismnotwasm Jun 2014 OP

Great comment, and TRUE. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #1

Oh yes ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #4

So true. K&R nt brer cat Jun 2014 #2

Superb critique of the Rand mystique. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2014 #3

I LOVE Flannery O'Conner BainsBane Jun 2014 #5

I know right? ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #6

She was brilliant. redqueen Jun 2014 #8

I love her stuff too. Guess we all have good taste. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #17

Kinda like the bone china calling the Tupperware tacky. argyl Jun 2014 #7

They are all in my book, which is called "Three By Flannery O'Connor." RiffRandell Jun 2014 #20

"Throwing shade"? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2014 #9

"Throwing shade" - not cool! GarColga Jun 2014 #10

So it is Ayn Rand that comes off better than Flannery O'Connor? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2014 #12

What you like Rand? ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #13

No GarColga Jun 2014 #15

Ah I get it ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #16

Casting Umbrage PeoViejo Jun 2014 #11

"She makes Mickey Spillane look like Dostoevsky." nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #18

Huge Flannery O'Connor fan. RiffRandell Jun 2014 #19