oh, forbes

[rivendellrose]

Forbes completely misses the point of the box office success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, by saying:

Yes the film was about Frodo's quest to throw the Ring into Mt. Doom. But the coupling of Viggo Mortensen and Liv Tyler convinced a lot of girlfriends to sit through more than nine hours of orcs and wizards and hobbits.

Screw off, asshats. I know a fuck of a lot more women who care passionately about those books than I do men, myself included, and most of us were dragging everyone we knew to see that movie, not the boys. And while I'm happy to admit that I loved Viggo as Aragorn and, yes, do happen to like the story of him and Arwen, Liv Tyler is a useless twit who can't act. Also: Eowyn. So there. :P

Ahem. Sorry, I'm rereading the books right now for the first time since The Thesis (tm), and am consequently going through a major bout of "omg I LOVE THESE BOOKS. ♥♥♥" Asshats who persist in thinking that they're either only for boys or that girls are only in it for Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen make me want to scream.

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[narsilion.livejournal.com]

(Also: Firefox spell-check does not recognize the word 'vaginas.')
Really? that's unbelievable. Does it recognise "Penis"?

[gaslightgallows]

It recognizes 'penis,' 'penises,' and 'vagina.' It's just the plural 'vaginas' that it refuses to acknowledge. I can't think why, unless it's really that uncommon to refer to more than one of the female genitalia at a time. (But hey, let's talk about multiple penii! ← not a word, thank god.)

Interestingly, and in my experience, at least, people of both genders are actually more comfortable saying and typing the word 'penis' than they are 'vagina.' I've actually had female friends tell me they avoid the word because it sounds too much like a disease.

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

"I've actually had female friends tell me they avoid the word because it sounds too much like a disease."
Wow I find that sad.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Hrm. What about 'vaginae'?

[gaslightgallows]

Hmm, 'vaginae' does appear to be the accepted plural. Doesn't help that no one I know (including members of the medical profession) has ever used that word.

Wow, I had no idea Firefox was so obscure.

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Interesting...I had no idea.