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Renowned Scholar Cracks "Carr Paradox"

Austin, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 14, 2078. At the turn of the millennium, a little known Texas author was posting to blogs and creating a name for himself on the World Wide Web, as it was referred to at the time. His treatises on life, sex, and the predicament of casual fashion as it directly correlates to the decline of Western civilization were hailed by fans and critics alike. For years following his death, researchers scrutinized these written gems for clues to crack the mystery that shrouded the reclusive writer's life. Now, after fourteen years of sleuthing, Portland author Francine Esther Harding — herself an artist — claims she has the answer. And her online reference work, OrWhatHaveYou.Org, will eventually reveal all.

You might call it “The Carr Paradox,” but a more accurate title would be “Brian Carr's Philosophy about Things on Places.” The term was coined by the Oregonian scholar herself. It is also the title of her essay to appear next year in "The Trans-Orbital Monthly," now available on most interplanetary shuttle flights.

The paradox, according to Harding, is that the War on Terror era scribe, Brian Carr, conspicuously flaunted his homosexual affinities throughout his entire life, but never became a recognized member of the gay movement itself. This factoid hints at a far more fundamental problem: the writer was consumed by his own sexuality.

“The only solution to the paradox,” asserts Harding, “is to keep your grip on both horns of the dilemma and never let go of either one. Carr was the propagator of ‘the institution of manly love’ yet he always felt on the periphery of the gay community. My research explains how this maddening contradiction was possible.”


And the answer to the Carr Paradox? Was Carr a Queer? “The answer,” quips Harding, “is no, Carr was not a Queer. He was infinitely too good of a Queer to ever be a Queer.”

For more information, contact:
Francine Esther Harding, Curator
OrWhatHaveYou.Org
75521 N Woolsey Ave
Portland
OR 97203