The unique Yorker short legend encapsulates the dynamics of the #MeToo discussion,where at last the voices of women’s experiences are being heardIt is not every day that a short legend goes viral. Indeed, it is not every day that many people pay attention to short stories at all. As a form, and in Britain at least,they are notoriously difficult to get published, and their authors are rarely granted the effusive compliment that is dished out to the long form novelist.
Yet this week, or Kristen Roupenian’s first legend to be printed in the unique Yorker was greeted with unparalleled enthusiasm on social media and off it as well. But why? There are no stylistic fireworks on display in Cat Person,a simply written tale of Margot, a 20-year-old college student’s sexual encounter with 34-year-old Robert. Nor are there daring experimentations with form or structure.
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Source: guardian.co.uk