tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post2763877961455779161..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: It's a woman/man thing. We wouldn't understand.Fran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-43407449733633533942007-10-28T02:10:00.000-05:002007-10-28T02:10:00.000-05:00You are wicked, BG, to lure me into looking at HCw...You are wicked, BG, to lure me into looking at HCwDB. I am now hopelessly addicted.Alicia Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458700009032102949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-29204825744126098542007-10-23T16:28:00.000-05:002007-10-23T16:28:00.000-05:00Three days and worth it.My Significant Other picke...Three days and worth it.<BR/><BR/>My Significant Other picked up <I>Men are From Mars etc...</I> (it resides in our "Unintentional Humour" section) and concluded she's a dude. Works for me, apparently.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Maxim is for folks without the balls (metaphorical or otherwise) to buy actual pornography.Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716639373048900646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-11180189384011601562007-10-22T14:37:00.000-05:002007-10-22T14:37:00.000-05:00poetic boobies of boobage poetryThem's a lot of ex...<I>poetic boobies of boobage poetry</I><BR/><BR/>Them's a lot of excess syllables to say "surgically enhanced"...Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-20761225321652368002007-10-22T11:23:00.000-05:002007-10-22T11:23:00.000-05:00You speak of hot chicks and brainy chicks as if th...You speak of hot chicks and brainy chicks as if these were not the same thing. This confuses me.StarDragonTheCanadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473939381521788067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-56760377938440662392007-10-21T23:09:00.000-05:002007-10-21T23:09:00.000-05:00Men, women, who cares as long as they're uppity!--...Men, women, who cares as long as they're uppity!<BR/>-- DavidWDavidStephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129138792822169937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-79673244930527809462007-10-21T22:39:00.000-05:002007-10-21T22:39:00.000-05:00strong women are just that, strongstrong women are just that, strongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-73420687093843558832007-10-20T22:49:00.000-05:002007-10-20T22:49:00.000-05:00PS, I too visit HCw/DB, but less frequently now t...PS, I too visit HCw/DB, but less frequently now that I'm <I>old.</I> Seems to take my ribs longer to heal, and cleaning up the puddle is getting to be a pain in the ass! >:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-63628379186558937212007-10-20T22:28:00.000-05:002007-10-20T22:28:00.000-05:00'Gal, yours was the first blog I ever visited. An...'Gal, yours was the first blog I ever visited. And read. And loved.<BR/><BR/>And frankly, if it hadn't been written by a woman, I probably would have dismissed it as yet another person speaking from my heart, albeit with a clarity and an edge and a sense of humor to which I could only aspire.<BR/><BR/>But it <I>was</I> (and <I>is</I>) written by a woman who "broke out of the mold" to inform and amuse and surprise and delight me, a woman who speaks her mind without too much regard to who might think she's wrong or off-base or detrimental to "Teh Cause." A woman who's <I>smart enough</I> (and knows it!) to trust her instincts and lay it on the table to be scrutinized, digested and assimilated by those of us who have had the privilege of swapping air with you.<BR/><BR/>Would there were way more like ya, 'Gal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-39915850454192030822007-10-20T21:13:00.000-05:002007-10-20T21:13:00.000-05:00"I love their section called "The Vocabulary": "Ye...<I>"I love their section called "The Vocabulary": "Yeatsian pounce" is reading Yeats or other like poets to "warm the cockles of both her heart and her loins." Hardly something that would impress a "hot chick" but would a "brainy chick" if you did it right."</I><BR/><BR/>A post to which one can only, properly add "Hell yes!"driftglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-48756212403279468862007-10-20T16:36:00.000-05:002007-10-20T16:36:00.000-05:00oh and this and this toooh and <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czREeuP88p4" REL="nofollow">this</A> and <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5dXwZyTO2g" REL="nofollow">this</A> tooGhost Dansinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216056025402469120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-17752078466648239092007-10-20T16:20:00.000-05:002007-10-20T16:20:00.000-05:00Third Wave FeminismAmerican LifeWonder<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-wave_feminism" REL="nofollow">Third Wave Feminism</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN_vQIYuXdA" REL="nofollow">American Life</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vx3ndjsalw" REL="nofollow">Wonder</A>Ghost Dansinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216056025402469120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-32636609969189389952007-10-20T15:16:00.000-05:002007-10-20T15:16:00.000-05:00Um, anything you want to add? :-)Um, anything you want to add? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-39528576439044612882007-10-20T13:54:00.000-05:002007-10-20T13:54:00.000-05:00BG, honorary "intellectual hermaphrodite," surely ...BG, honorary "intellectual hermaphrodite," surely you meant to write, "Peggy Noonan can get fucked by me." Or was the passive voice too repulsive for that version?<BR/><BR/>If I don't talk politics much to you, it's because I have my own BG here at home. I was very fortunate to marry a woman with the same politics and same sense of humor as me. No need for a surrogate. I only wish I could get her to start blogging again.<BR/><BR/>And as for politics, make sure you check out the brief screed I just posted :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-20598514543689100882007-10-20T13:26:00.000-05:002007-10-20T13:26:00.000-05:00'...someone (okay yeah a guy) told me recently tha...<I>'...someone (okay yeah a guy) told me recently that the appeal of my blog to male readers is that many men can't talk politics with their girlfriends and I'm a surrogate'</I><BR/><BR/>Bosh, I say. You're a fellow intellect with whom one can analyze and mutually reason with over alternative paths and solutions...This 'tits and panties' business, merely the sizzle that sells the steak.<BR/><BR/>That said, as in any transaction, what is given is not necessarily what is received. Perhaps there <B>are</B> some men out there who just cannot bring themselves to share their dirty political fantasies with their spouses, and thus they seek out like-minded individuals, some of them even professional, to indulge in their intellectual intercourse with.<BR/><BR/>;>)darkblackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584075324283109495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-68695386655750972822007-10-20T13:22:00.000-05:002007-10-20T13:22:00.000-05:00btw on topic you folks know I'm no fan of Hillary....btw on topic you folks know I'm no fan of Hillary...but seriously, <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200710190010" REL="nofollow">Peggy Noonan can fuck me.</A>Fran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-39375219494163842412007-10-20T13:19:00.000-05:002007-10-20T13:19:00.000-05:00HAHAHAHA!I ♥ you, bluegal!HAHAHAHA!<BR/><BR/>I ♥ you, bluegal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-21283085585684416082007-10-20T12:18:00.000-05:002007-10-20T12:18:00.000-05:00Blue Gal, You are quintessentially feminine in tha...Blue Gal, <BR/><BR/>You are quintessentially feminine in that femininity is smart, attractive, no nonsense...in my book. <BR/><BR/>Whoever called that other crap feminine was just distortin'!Freida Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489663202315694313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-29849599297056211852007-10-20T12:08:00.000-05:002007-10-20T12:08:00.000-05:00Comrade knows me personally and has seen me in an ...Comrade knows me personally and has seen me in an academic setting which is why he knows so much. Thanks CK.<BR/><BR/>And Spartacus I'm honored to be held in the same light as Politits and Blondesense. Those babes are exactly what I'm talkin' about.Fran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1232509655063051762007-10-20T12:03:00.000-05:002007-10-20T12:03:00.000-05:00BG -I think your friend is right about the attract...BG -<BR/><BR/>I think your friend is right about the attraction of your blog and that of say..Politits or Blondesense.<BR/><BR/>There are a great many men out there who want to engage women on weighty issues such politics or other intellectual pursuits, like, say, Walt Whitman's poetry...or W.B. Yeats.<BR/><BR/>My experience is much the same in that outside of the blogsphere, most of my conversations with women skew towards non-political topics. I don't know why that is because it's not like these women are incapable of it. For whatever reason, they just don't and sometimes it's frustrating as hell.<BR/><BR/>So, don't sweat what the feminists think of you for engaging men. We like you just as you are. Thanks for this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-72048146959058013352007-10-20T11:26:00.000-05:002007-10-20T11:26:00.000-05:00A few more points: The women I have been attracte...A few more points: The women I have been attracted to and sought out as both lovers and friends have not been classic female types. They're often the sort of women who have almost exclusively male friends and openly express their distaste of most members of their own gender. <BR/><BR/>I hasten to employ the Yoko analogy--because I see Ms. Ono as the classic example of a narcissistic, manipulative, selfish pseudo-intellectual--and no, my critique of her has nothing to do with her gender. <BR/><BR/>I make a point to seek out company with other such intellectual hermaphrodites. Perhaps there's a bit of a generational divide at place here. I see you as ahead of your time. The way you present yourself places you much more in line with women from my generation.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-30774099754711881912007-10-20T10:50:00.000-05:002007-10-20T10:50:00.000-05:00Blue Gal,Fantastic post. A few comments, if I may...Blue Gal,<BR/><BR/>Fantastic post. A few comments, if I may. <BR/><BR/>1. Honey, you ARE a guy, in many ways. This is not to say that you are masculine, but rather to say that I would never characterize you as girly. Ever. I would however, characterize you as an intellectual hermaphrodite. <BR/><BR/>You've preferred to keep male company I think for the same reason I prefer to keep mostly female company. There is a part of you who enjoys the male dynamic of power and assertiveness, just like there's a large part of me who enjoys the female dynamic of being effusively emotional and utterly unwilling to compartmentalize my discourse with other people. <BR/> <BR/>2. I agree. To truly reach gender equality, we have to stop seeing the world through the lenses of either purely masculine or purely feminine paradigm. I would safely wager that you are far more female that you give yourself credit, and I far more masculine than I give myself credit. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps intelligent people find conventional gender roles constraining and appear as mostly a synthesis of gender rather than indebted strongly to one side or the other. <BR/><BR/>3. I think gender is forged both by nature and nurture. Like, when Freud talked about penis envy, it was because he couldn't see how much Victorian culture stole from women. <BR/><BR/>They believed that education was<BR/>unfeminine and would result in hysteria...you know, when your womb<BR/>becomes detached and wanders around your body. How are you supposed to<BR/>respond to that? <BR/><BR/>Would you have kept exclusively male company if you hadn't been told everywhere in this culture you couldn't do the cool stuff you wanted to do because you were a girl? <BR/><BR/>I doubt you would have thought twice about gender if I<BR/>weren't for the trappings, the clothes and the behavioral expectations.<BR/><BR/>I used to think gender was fluid along a 2-d continuum, like the<BR/>Kinsey scale, but now I see it's fluid along a 3-dimensional spectrum.<BR/><BR/>It's just that society tends to quash all but a few points. When we<BR/>can open that up, we will all be free.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-72277729422296197302007-10-20T10:17:00.000-05:002007-10-20T10:17:00.000-05:00There should be another post dedicated to your use...There should be another post dedicated to your use of the phrase, "double secret probation" which is taken from one of the truly quintessential guy movies of all time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-6331784219231662222007-10-20T10:05:00.000-05:002007-10-20T10:05:00.000-05:00i like this. it loops and turns and loops again. m...i like this. it loops and turns and loops again. much like my thoughts go.<BR/><BR/>it's so simple and yet so impossibly hard to do.<BR/><BR/>treat everyone as we would want to be treated.<BR/><BR/>that takes care of most everything. unless you are in the small group of people that get off on being treated badly.Sherry Pasquarellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com