tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post5757671306536906501..comments2023-10-19T07:54:32.841-04:00Comments on Quod She: A Virago rant: the latest children's book controversyDr. Viragohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-10929828788696423392007-03-01T04:04:00.000-05:002007-03-01T04:04:00.000-05:00Third declension, schmird declension. I say we go ...Third declension, schmird declension. I say we go with "scrotumses."Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715333077435437447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-72960433394290179572007-02-23T22:09:00.000-05:002007-02-23T22:09:00.000-05:00There is a t-shirt to go along with the fuss: "Scr...There is a t-shirt to go along with the fuss: "Scrotum is not a dirty word."timnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985699859449138316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-89434724137597202122007-02-20T19:21:00.000-05:002007-02-20T19:21:00.000-05:00"meta-twisty" may just be the most beautiful word ..."meta-twisty" may just be the most beautiful word I've heard since my friend Laura, visiting Vegas last week, called the windblown piles of free adult material littering the streets a "pornado."<BR/><BR/>I see a connection, actually... and now, the debut album from Pornado... "Let's Get Meta-Twisty!"<BR/><BR/>Also, to contribute my five cents to the declension of "scrotum," when I was at the paper, I had a rabid Pantera fan/reader who used to regularly send me hate mail calling me a "scrote." Oh, how I miss those days. Except not. Smooches to my fave acadamadame...The Pastry Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503433773635525726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-58639831478348893942007-02-20T07:35:00.000-05:002007-02-20T07:35:00.000-05:00You mean women really do fart??? Yikes. I don't kn...You mean women really do fart??? Yikes. I don't know how I am going to make it through the day today.Self-Congratulatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07960651555790068403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-79191922030448604262007-02-19T17:08:00.000-05:002007-02-19T17:08:00.000-05:00It's scary that although about half of kids have o...It's scary that although about half of kids have one, people are too afraid to say basic anatomical terms such as "scrotum." Are these the same people who want to insist that the marquee for the Vagina Monologues be instead the Hoohah Monologues?<BR/><BR/>Do they call their vulva the "front back"?<BR/><BR/>Scrotum's no dirtier than elbow. (Well, unless you're reading H5, in which case, elbow wins.)Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-26924524621175584222007-02-19T11:02:00.000-05:002007-02-19T11:02:00.000-05:00"The turd is both self and other."Bahahahahahaha! ...<I>"The turd is both self and other."</I><BR/><BR/>Bahahahahahaha! It's funny because it's true. And because you use the word turd. :)Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-80043589628768321362007-02-19T10:45:00.000-05:002007-02-19T10:45:00.000-05:00Well, during my Parliament of Fowls lecture two we...Well, during my <I>Parliament of Fowls</I> lecture two weeks ago, I did mention the <I>Roman de la Rose</I> debate between Reason and Genius about the relative textual merits of "testicles" and "balls." Does that count as doing my part?<BR/><BR/>(This is of course all building up to the most triumphal moment in my survey course: the point in my Swift lecture where I intone, "The turd is both self and other.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-49773359741090958442007-02-19T08:21:00.000-05:002007-02-19T08:21:00.000-05:00TR -- But think of the children! Tee-hee! Actual...TR -- But think of the children! Tee-hee! Actually, I'm teaching OE riddles this week, so I know I'll be mentioning the penis and pubic hair, at the very least.<BR/><BR/>K8 - I'm glad to know that the majority of children's librarians, et al., find this as absurd as I do. But dammit, the knickers-twisters always get their hearing, don't they? But yes, at least it also brings more prominence to the writers and their books, as well. Oh the delicious irony!<BR/><BR/>Tommy -- While I don't know for sure, I took a wild guess and decided, on a whim, that scrotum was one of those neuter (ha!) nouns (third declension, I think?) that don't change in the plural. Or wait, are those masculine nouns? Oh, who cares, I like the phrase "scrotum galore" -- someone should name a band that.<BR/><BR/>Anniina -- Hear! Hear!Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-44920820657286379642007-02-19T05:11:00.000-05:002007-02-19T05:11:00.000-05:00This bugs me too, for many of the reasons you list...This bugs me too, for many of the reasons you listed. Folks are not worried about kids blowing things up in war games, but about whether a kid knows the word for genitalia in Latin. There's something fundamentally out of joint in this country, heck, in this world, when books are being banned because of a dog's jewels.Anniinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293294133521209973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-64327617830758717132007-02-19T03:24:00.000-05:002007-02-19T03:24:00.000-05:00I believe you meant to say "scrota galore." Scrota...I believe you meant to say "scrota galore." Scrotae? Scrotasia? I don't know... Good thing I've only got one of 'em.<BR/><BR/>Ah, life in the US of A...Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715333077435437447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-44229659722446812132007-02-18T21:49:00.000-05:002007-02-18T21:49:00.000-05:00Some of the librarian blogs and listservs have bee...Some of the librarian blogs and listservs have been discussing this. I blogged about it very briefly yesterday, but I didn't have the patience to write about as well as you did. Most of what I've read on the CCBC listserv indicates that most people find the whole "controversy" absurd. <BR/><BR/>On a similar note, a couple years ago when I attended the ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents), several authors mentioned that they knew they had 'made it' once one of their books had been challenged. It is a badge of honor, of sorts - one that I think I approve of.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-49666959751592460562007-02-18T21:20:00.000-05:002007-02-18T21:20:00.000-05:00I think we should all respond to this by vowing to...I think we should all respond to this by vowing to use the word "scrotum" in a lecture at least once this week.<BR/><BR/>TRTenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-63625736985914584502007-02-18T19:00:00.000-05:002007-02-18T19:00:00.000-05:00Hey, the dog hair's not Wiley's fault. It's my/ou...Hey, the dog hair's not Wiley's fault. It's my/our fault for not keeping up on the vacuuming. And having a well-insulated house that has started him blowing his coat *way* early. Seriously -- huge clumps of undercoat trail him from room to room. What's up with that? It's winter!<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, back to the topic of the post:<BR/><BR/><I>We as a society have a fantastic ability to get our knickers in a twist over things that are anything but twist-worthy.</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, speak for yourself. I only get my knickers in a twist over librarians who misread childrens books and get *their* knickers in a twist. I think that makes me meta-twisty.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-22655902453030736552007-02-18T18:50:00.000-05:002007-02-18T18:50:00.000-05:00Thank the gods my dog does not have a scrotum anym...Thank the gods my dog does not have a scrotum anymore, because who knows what you'd be doing with it, you sickly permissive libertine!!<BR/><BR/>But seriously, the only thing more horrible and emotionally scarring than seeing the word "scrotum" in a book at a tender age would be, oh, I dunno... watching the Superbowl halftime show, managing to stay awake and glimpsing a momentary view of a 30something breast decorated with a weird silver disc thingy. We as a society have a fantastic ability to get our knickers in a twist over things that are anything but twist-worthy.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and sorry about all the dog hair. Feel free to wrap Wiley in Saran wrap until I come get him.<BR/><BR/>Miss you!The Pastry Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503433773635525726noreply@blogger.com