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THE SUBVERSIVE CONSERVATISM OF ‘TRUE GRIT’

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

As a study in sexual politics, 'True Grit' may be about a 14-year-old girl, vulnerable and beautiful, who becomes "male" through avenging her murdered father but as freelance writer Joshua Sperber points out, the girl's beauty also disguises the fact that her grit is nothing more than the workings of ...