Another fun quote from Stephen King’s new novel:
At the Reynolds Library, Holly gets both Edith Brookings (“Call me Edie”) and Margaret Brenner, another of the assistant librarians Penny mentioned. Edie is womaning the main desk, but says they can go in the reading room.
Stephen King, Holly
I was taken aback at first, trying to imagine how exactly poor Edie was “womaning” the desk but then I figured it out and wished I never had.
I’m quite alarmed at the author’s use of the word “mentioned”, though. Shouldn’t it be “womentioned”?
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“womaning the main desk”
Is it a parody?
If a writer wants to avoid ‘manning’ then ‘staffing’ would be a better alternative (or just “was on the main desk”)
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Stephen King is very woke. VERY. This is one of many sad manifestations.
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“King is very woke. VERY”
I’ve read very, very little by him…. I loved Carrie (but that was about it…)
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The wokeness hit him in recent years. There’s a scene with people upbraiding each other for thought and speech crimes every 3 pages. It’s tiresome to read about it. To have that poison in your brain must be absolutely exhausting.
“Is this thought I just had racist? Is that an offensive word? That address sounds racist. This term is sexist. Vaxx, boost, mask, virtue signal, start womaning your desk.”
Where do these people get the energy?
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Time to plan your next ovular (a seminar, as was…).
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Oh, that’s a good one!!!
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