philogynist

So for the men the next time a woman accuses you of being a misogynist you can reply "Well, actually I'm a 'philogynist' .

For the human being, to my mind, is a thing of beauty in emotion, in mind and in body when given the freedom to let its imagination fly and, being a 'philogynist' , to have this portrayed visually by women is most wonderful!

Misogyny and 'philogyny' are two sides of the same coin, to use a cliché. It is to Bukowski's credit that the women he describes are heterogeneous and non-interchangeable.

And in this issue of Diwan he is joined by the tempestuous genius William Blake and the German-French Lena Vandrey whose sophisticated 'philogyny' is fascinating in its explosion of shapes and colours.