Glamour, Virginia Postrel
December 20, 2013 9:53 AM Subscribe
The book reviewed. The blog. The website. The TED talk. The interview with Nick Gillespie from Reason magazine.
The highlights: 1.) she explains why Obama has glamour and Palin does not, and 2.) she argues you can be dead and have glamour but you cannot be dead and have charisma; this is her chief distinction between glamour and charisma.
The highlights: 1.) she explains why Obama has glamour and Palin does not, and 2.) she argues you can be dead and have glamour but you cannot be dead and have charisma; this is her chief distinction between glamour and charisma.
Yeah I have long enjoyed her writing, while not always agreeing with it. Will check this out; it was not on my radar.
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 12:10 PM on December 20, 2013
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 12:10 PM on December 20, 2013
Virginia Postrel is relentlessly interesting. I look forward to checking out the book.
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:39 PM on December 20, 2013
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:39 PM on December 20, 2013
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