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A Supermarket in California (1955)

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Re: A Supermarket in California (1955)

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Apparently Mr Ginsberg was a friend to young men. And not in a good way: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/allen-ginsberg-pedophilia...

Well, yeah... If you read this poem, it's right there on the surface. I see no reason to defend the author's character--the text is what it is.

Re: A Supermarket in California (1955)

#12
post #9

The supermarket this takes place at is now the Trader Joe's in Berkeley on University. Also a radiolab episode opener takes place at Berkeley Bowl West (the ep on the paradox of choice, they try to decide what apples to get). These have been your two Berkeley Grocery Store Facts of the day. Reply STOP to unsubscribe.

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Re: A Supermarket in California (1955)

#13

Apparently Mr Ginsberg was a friend to young men. And not in a good way: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/allen-ginsberg-pedophilia...

Well, yeah... If you read this poem, it's right there on the surface. I see no reason to defend the author's character--the text is what it is.

There are wonderful texts by people who didn't rape minors or advocate for its legalization(although arguably the latter is an opinion, while the former is a crime).

Just sayin'

Re: A Supermarket in California (1955)

#16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, yeah... If you read this poem, it's right there on the surface. I see no reason to defend the author's character--the text is what it is.

There are wonderful texts by people who didn't rape minors or advocate for its legalization(although arguably the latter is an opinion, while the former is a crime). Just sayin'

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Re: A Supermarket in California (1955)

#17
post #10

Apparently Mr Ginsberg was a friend to young men. And not in a good way: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/allen-ginsberg-pedophilia...

The Southern Poverty Law Center has characterized it as catering to "intellectual wing of white nationalist movement" wrt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicles_(magazine) Everything in that article might be true, but I'd use a different source.

Same could be said for the SPLC.

Re: A Supermarket in California (1955)

#19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, yeah... If you read this poem, it's right there on the surface. I see no reason to defend the author's character--the text is what it is.

There are wonderful texts by people who didn't rape minors or advocate for its legalization(although arguably the latter is an opinion, while the former is a crime). Just sayin'

> There are wonderful texts by people who didn't rape minors or advocate for its legalization(although arguably the latter is an opinion, while the former is a crime).

Of course there are. Apologies if I triggered you?

Re: A Supermarket in California (1955)

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post #9

The supermarket this takes place at is now the Trader Joe's in Berkeley on University. Also a radiolab episode opener takes place at Berkeley Bowl West (the ep on the paradox of choice, they try to decide what apples to get). These have been your two Berkeley Grocery Store Facts of the day. Reply STOP to unsubscribe.

The Trader Joe's at University and MLK is very recent, only since 2010 [1]. It used to be an auto-parts store before. Perhaps it used to be a grocery store back in 1955?

[1] https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/Complex-houses-...

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