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Re: an idea for a "reality book"

The NATIONAL LAMPOON, not known for its sensitivity on feminist
issues, once had an article titled "Stacked Like Me."

> > More than 35 years ago the book _Black Like Me_ by John Howard Griffin
> > revealed to white folks the reality of the oppression of the black
> > population, especially in the South (as the author disguised himself
> > as a black man). So some young person should write a book titled
> > _Stiff Like Me_, about what it's like to be old.

-- 
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way
and let people talk.) -- Karl M., paraphrasing Dante A.
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