Comments on: >Roy Den Hollander, ladies-night-fighting Difference Maker. Also: Scott Adams. And t-shirts!!!

By: triplanetary

triplanetary — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:05:48 +0000

>But porn told me librarians are complete nymphos? I iz confused.Growing up almost all the librarians at the libraries I patronized were little old ladies. They may have been nymphos for all I know – that's their business – but they certainly didn't fit the porn image.In recent years, however, I've met two librarians who are young, attractive, and sexually adventurous.I'm not sure what my point is. I'm probably just bragging. More to the point, the two latter women were sexually adventurous because they wanted to be, not because their lives are a show for horny men, and that's why I don't like most porn.Or something.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:11:02 +0000

>But porn told me librarians are complete nymphos? I iz confused.Fun fact from Cracked.com the only event in recent history to stop the constant viewing of naughty stuff on the interwebz was the day that President Obama was elected.

By: ginmar

ginmar — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:13:08 +0000

>It's not the language issue at Feministe that's the problem: it's that they assume bad faith from allies, eagerly make dogpiles and derail discussions, and do more of that than actual discussing. And the arguments about words get pretty damned stupid. I've seen fights over "dwarf star" for fuck's sake. On my blog, I had a person once take to task for an offhand—and longstanding—–joke about kidnapping from actor.

By: Raoul

Raoul — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:36:05 +0000

>@Elizabeth: "Granted [Elizabeth I] had to go without sex for her entire life."Thus her nickname, "The Librarian Queen."

By: Amused

Amused — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:16:08 +0000

>Roy Den Hollander isn't listed on the New York roll of attorneys — which means he isn't licensed to practice law in NY. He was a member of the DC bar, but got suspended for non-payment of dues. Must be women's fault.

By: triplanetary

triplanetary — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:58:38 +0000

>Indeed. The English and French words both come from the Latin historia, which in turn comes from Greek.At any rate, our English word "story" is derived from "history," not the other way around. It does not mean "his story."

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:28:29 +0000

>Thought I'd add that I'm not trying to say that the etymology of the English word "history" is from the French, was just pointing out the similarity in spelling and definition of the word in both languages. The pronunciation is quite similar, also.

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:16:54 +0000

>Okay, see, I'm fine with the word "herstory" as a sort of play on words intended to point out that our historical narrative is overwhelmingly male-centric.But the word history itself is not gendered. As an amateur linguist this claim has always bugged me.I'm with trip on this one. When I first encountered the word "herstory", I thought the person using it had made a typo…. but after seeing "herstory" utilized quite few times after my initial encounter with it, it dawned on me why the deliberate misspelling. I readily admit that I can be quite obtuse at times, but my lack of quickness in catching on to the new word had more to do with my learning the English language at the same time as learning a great deal of the French language (I'm not nearly as fluent in the French language as I am in the English language). Interestingly enough, the word "story" or "history" in the French language (histoire) is a feminine noun.The word "history" in the English language appears to be gendered because the masculine possessive pronoun in the English language is "his", but "his" is not one of the masculine possessive pronouns in the French language.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:25:54 +0000

>I was thinking of my namesake-Elizabeth I who was an outspoken redheaded woman named Elizabeth.Granted she had to go without sex for her entire life.

By: triplanetary

triplanetary — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:47:33 +0000

>Since it's not feasible to remove all the gendered past from our language, words like "history" generally remain.Okay, see, I'm fine with the word "herstory" as a sort of play on words intended to point out that our historical narrative is overwhelmingly male-centric.But the word history itself is not gendered. As an amateur linguist this claim has always bugged me.