Hunter S Thompson et alia op cit ibid etcetera ad infinitum
and preceeding "anonymous" outlaw writers... ?
Mary Robinson and Tabitha Bramble? how outrageous the King's Mistress!
"By a Lady"
or was it Jane Austen?
Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell? what a fascinating sisterly trio...
wild women say, doin' it for themselves...
or was it those "other" ink dribbling pretentious men tell hacks...
or was it really erudite excellence?
Maria Edgeworth, Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney,
Charlotte, Emily & Anne Bronte
and of course Mary Shelley?
Writer's Author's Non de plume, pseudonyms, anomymity?
Was it convention, fear or simply signs of the times?
Waaaasy Back then?
No answers,
just curious as to why women writers may
STILL need to scream to be heard?
Stella Prize anyone?
Equity and Equality and Excellence and Equanimity?
Fair go?
Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
Or STILL
to be labelled harsh and biting and feral and
god forbid a witch or a bitch?
Surely it could not STILL be
ill educated, narrow minded, limiting and
controlling insecure men? oh pause for a wile, men tell health alert...?
And that's just in the halls of parliaments?
Or media washrooms?
Or the local leaky pubic watering holes...
drink up and still be a nonny mouse... drip drip drip?
Hey Senator Reynolds and your wonderful staffer?
We all know how that ended.
Or Gallant Purple Heart or VC recipients?
who torture and kill and lie and cheat and murder
as anonymous or not paid employees of governments settling disputes?
War? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
That 49/51 divisive debate (amongst many others)
may rage on and on and on,
until each ONE draws The Line and genuinely asks,
Who Am I? Really?
beyond all labels and terms and conditioning.
How deep can YOU dive?
Into you.
Or do you even want to really go "there"?
Consciousness?
What is IT good for?
Absolutely everything...
Don't remain a secret.
Don't remain a stranger. To your Own True Nature.
Unless you want to also remain anonymous,
all your half life, to your true self...
Hunter S Thompson was simply… not anonymous!
"I wasn't trying to be an outlaw writer. I never heard of that term; somebody else made it up. But we were all outside the law: Kerouac, Miller, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Kesey; I didn't have a gauge as to who was the worst outlaw. I just recognized my people."
— Poetic Outlaws (@OutlawsPoetic) June 9, 2024
--Hunter Thompson pic.twitter.com/h3BPSasX9N