Comments on: Apparently only virgins can publish books now

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:58:11 +0000

when Kronos overthrew his father Ouranos, he cut off his genitalia and threw it in the ocean, where it bubbled and foamed and frothed and produced Aphrodite. Aphrodite is called the goddess of love but she is more appropriately the goddess of desire. She excites desire whenever men gaze on her and she is also the means by which man sates his desire. She is the mythic embodiment of woman as sex–man’s sex…she even takes her source from his dismembered penis. I’m not saying this because I think sex is bad or some such bullshit, I’m just saying there are some problems with aphrodite’s mythology.

By: harlemjd

harlemjd — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:00:07 +0000

A satirical mock children’s book is insanely funny. If you have not already, I urge you to read Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book. (and most of the entries are child-friendly)

And didn’t Rohld Dahl write a story about wife-swapping?

By: kmkleff

kmkleff — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:06:45 +0000

Madonna? She sucks the bag. What about art,man?

By: Amberbug

Amberbug — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:24:19 +0000

Here’s someone better for Sawyer to pick on, Shel Silverstein, among the millions of other male artists who never have to measure up or answer these attacks.
“In 1956, his work caught the eye of Hugh Heffner, who brought Silverstein on to the Playboy staff in the same capacity. Shel would work over forty years for Playboy, until his death on May 8, 1999. Over the twentieth century, Shel has become one of the most well-known authors for children, alongside Judy Blume, and Dr. Seuss.”

“For adults he wrote 1. Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book, a satirical mock children’s book, and created Different Dances, a coffee table book of wordless, adult-themed cartoons.”

I don’t know what a satirical mock children’s book is, but cartoons, adult-themed or not, tend to draw in the kiddies nicely. Much better example of someone blurring the lines. Great role model for young boys.

By: lightly

lightly — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:22:23 +0000

I was working in a bookstore when Madonna’s coffee table book came out. She only published a limited number of the things. Now anybody who had the sense to buy one at the time could pay the rent for three months by selling the darn thing on ebay.

By: Niki

Niki — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:56:03 +0000

I grew up in the Madonna/Cindy Lauper showdown era and I always voted for Cindy because she was so unusual. *cough*. Sorry, it had to be done.

There is, however, truth in that statement. Everyone has a gimmick, and Madonna chose the tired seXXXy gimmick while Cindy was part of the punk insanity that keeps everyone nostalgic. She had weird and wonderful hair and clothes, and had far more grit than any pretend ball-breaking Madonna could ever pull off. You can’t really be a sexy slave to the men and a ball-breaker at the same time; the mens won’t buy your bravado if they’ve seen you display yourself pornographically (the original suicide girl indeed).

By: LisaB

LisaB — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:53:14 +0000

“* Women without cash and clout, who fail to be sufficiently chaste, are also reviled and ridiculed, but usually only by their close personal friends.”

Unless they are raped and/or killed in some manner that the media find tantalizing, and then they, too, are reviled in the public square for their provactive behavior, which surely led to their demise.

By: Liz M

Liz M — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:54:50 +0000

Dear fucking God that is the STUPIDEST question I’ve ever heard. Almost as bad as Katie Couric asking Hillary Clinton if it’s true her nickname in grade school was “frigidaire” or something like that…

Last time I checked, having sex fucking CREATES children, so I really don’t see a conflict of interest here. In fact, it makes perfect sense in my book to publish a book filled with sex and then however many years later have one for children…seems like a perfect cause-and-effect progression to me. Goddamn fucking newscasters…

By: Pax97

Pax97 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:02:53 +0000

First time here, love it….lots!

All I can add is, they ARE still publishing Alice in Wonderland, right?

By: mearl

mearl — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:26:05 +0000

That’s one argument, but I think it’s a bit of a copout. As Kiki pointed out and made it clearer to me, you don’t have to be a victim of patriarchy all the time, or do what the patriarchy says and THEN blame it for your contribution to it. If you’re FORCED to bend to it, as Linda Lovelace was, there can be no blame. But the ultimate respect goes to the women who DON’T buckle, and are kickass role models, even if they don’t make it as big as Madonna. In Madonna’s case, although I don’t agree with everything she ever did, for me she did give off a self-sufficient vibe, which is better than the pandering, simpering vibe that a lot of female performers today give off. However, Madonna is nowhere NEAR Annie Lennox in my esteem. There you have it, folks. Mearl’s Feminist Grey Scale.