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Jan 10, 2020 · When Machado meets her abuser – the woman is never named – she is completely smitten. ... Neither does she wish to focus on why her ex-girlfriend behaved the way she did. A person who does ...
Jan 5, 2020 · So said Carmen Maria Machado ’s ex-girlfriend after she had unleashed a tirade of verbal abuse. Years later, Machado has written about her experience (“Fear makes liars of us all,”...
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Oct 31, 2019 · Before she met her ex-girlfriend, Machado hadn’t encountered narratives of queer domestic abuse; she lacked context and precedents; she could not make sense of her experience. (In one...
Nov 3, 2019 · It's an examination of sexuality and a haunting account of a physically and emotionally abusive relationship with her then girlfriend. Machado — whose first book, Her Body and Other...
Nov 8, 2019 · Appropriately, Machado apologized for the noise as workers were redoing a bathroom in her Philadelphia home when we spoke on the phone last Monday, the day before In the Dream House was published. It’s a type of renovation that one wishes could be just as simple for the spirit, as Machado continues to feel vulnerable about the events she ...
Feb 25, 2020 · Her abuser is never named, appearing only as “she” and “your girlfriend.” The choice of the second person addressee is an important one. At times, the reader feels a part of the relationship, too, trapped with Machado in something like a fun-house prison.
Nov 8, 2019 · Machado exulted in finding her desire reciprocated “without needing to change a single cell” of who she was. Sure, there were problems: Her girlfriend already had a girlfriend,...
