I much appreciate the way this well-researched and beautifully written article puts the disquieting spirit of Weininger and his possible influence on Gertrude Stein to rest. Being Jewish, a woman, and gay was a triple whammy of a handicap on someone who wanted to compete in the male-dominated arena of literature. Stein found a number of strategies to hide those unwanted identities and prevail. Being a "genius" was one; being an exile, an American in Paris was another; a third brilliant move was writing without disclosing her identity -- writing as "one" "anyone" "everyone" "someone" or "everybody". It took a genius to write her autobiography and call it "Everybody's Autobiography".
Renate Stendhal
