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Name of the man is mentioned in the first paragraph (and three times more).

Name of the woman who actually invented the concept you discuss is relegated to "someone" and a footnote.

Sigh. Did you read the footnotes though? Because in them I explain that I haven't read Berlant's book, but I did look up--in multiple sources--a rundown of what they meant by "cruel optimism", and as I mentioned in the second footnote, I'm not quite sure Hari's own interpretation matches. They both use the same two words, but with distinct meanings, as it seems to me. And since the meaning and the book I'm discussing are Hari's, obviously his name pops up a lot more.

Did you also read my previous post (https://tegowerk.eu/posts/the-deep/), where I heap praise upon praise on Alma Katsu, a woman? What about this earlier one, where I express just how much a particular woman means to me and to my life (https://tegowerk.eu/posts/serendipity/)? Or did you just make up your mind about me based on a footnote?

I did not say anything about you. I've read the text as it was presented to me and reported some statistics about it that have caught my eye.

You called him sexist without using the word 'sexist', and now that you've been caught you're pretending otherwise.

"caught"

Come on, that is dishonest and (I hope) you know it. You weren't reporting statistics, you were making a thinly veiled accusation. Hiding behind "reporting statistics" is no different than "just asking questions": https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions

By the way, thank you for the post.

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