going there

on saturday i was given a late birthday gift - a book by a british born, german raised MTV host by name of charlotte roche. the book she has written, the title translates as "wetlands", concerns itself with a girl who has cut herself while shaving her rectum. this of course is not the topic. as far as i got until now, and as far as i understood the media-reactions and -support the book has received, the topic is the warped perception of all things physical that seems to be prevailing in our generation. the no-go of talking about haemorrhoids, the detailed description of masturbation techniques and the close encounter with stuff we can find in our underwear, all these have already been tackled in the first, say, 20 pages. which leaves me unsure about how i will get along with this book.

i wouldn't say i'm prude - and i hope to prove it - but naturally, or maybe not so naturally but nurturally, there's things that disgust me, put me off, things that i don't feel must be brought out in the open. still, i have a tolerance for the artistic expression that breaches taboos, i even have respect for the courage it must have taken her to write these things down and publish them, even admitting that there are biographic elements in the book. so, i think, i support her motive, but at the moment, i'm doubtful whether i approve of her way to pursue it.

i will tell you when i'm finished.