LKH Lashouts

I was just thinking about Anita's interactions with the world and the treatment gays and lesbians (among other minorities) receive in the series. Maybe some of the problem is that Anita is a woman in her late twenties living during our current time period (late 2000s) when LKH was in her late twenties during the very early 1990s (she turned 30 in Feb of 1993).

Our cultural attitudes towards gays and lesbians have changed considerably in the last 15 years or so. The ideas and experiences a 20-something would have had in the 80s and early 90s WRT to homosexuality have less relevance to the experiences and lives of homosexuals today. What I mean is that, while there is still tremendous prejudice against homosexuals, it is considerably less today than 20 years ago. The common attitudes straight people had toward homosexuals were very different then. Whereas in many places outright homophobia is considered akin to outright racism today, it was more acceptable and more common then. Note, I am not saying that LKH is a homophobe, though her books indicate that she may be, but that her experiences as a young adult have left a distinct mark on her attitudes as a middle-aged woman. LKH came of age during a time with a considerably different milieu than the 2000s. Her limited ability as a writer and the blatantly Mary Sue nature of Anita probably make it very difficult to depict the world as a modern 20-something perceives it.