{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"Quarantine Reading: I Love Dick + Other Things (Week 3) &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MZiNlEQslY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/distancing-diaries-i-love-dick-book-review\/\">Quarantine Reading: I Love Dick + Other Things (Week 3)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/distancing-diaries-i-love-dick-book-review\/embed\/#?secret=MZiNlEQslY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Quarantine Reading: I Love Dick + Other Things (Week 3)&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"MZiNlEQslY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Three weeks in and I&#8217;m still reading one book every day during this COVID-19 quarantine. DAY 15:\u00a0I LOVE DICK I&#8217;m not sure why I waited to long to read Chris Kraus&#8217;s half-fiction, half-memoir, I Love Dick, except that I was either prudish or sheepish about reading such bold a title outside the privacy of my home. (Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was home only to shower and sleep; else, I&#8217;m out of the house). Now that there&#8217;s no fear of public shame in sight, I devoured the book in one sitting. Underlined voraciously. Nodded to no one but myself. Where to begin? Without context (except a deceptively raunchy title), the book starts off a little strange, vapid even\u2014but this stream-of-consciousness format (present-day narration mixed with letters, transcribed phone calls, and the occasional fax) soon become insight into the narrator&#8217;s innermost workings. It&#8217;s a real-time account of a woman who frees herself from the world-at-large\u2014the patriarchy\u2014and in doing so, finds epiphany in her unrequited letters of lovelust. &#8220;There is no female &#8216;I&#8217; in the existing patriarchal language,&#8221; she writes, but in writing these letters, she discovers it. DAY 16: ICON On concept alone, I love\u00a0Icon\u2014and I hope it either becomes&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/i-love-dick-by-chris-kraus-book-review.jpg"}