John Clayton's Blog

A key question animating The Cowboy Girl is the role of women in the American West. One of our culture’s leading figures in answering that question is the fiction writer Annie Proulx. Her views are controversial around here, but I must say I see a lot of truth to them. I was especially captivated by her recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, particularly the lines, “In a real sense women on ranches are secondary citizens, but many, if not most, would be furious if you said that out straight” and (regarding the message of Brokeback Mountain) “if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.”

Thanks to Jenny Shank for the link.