Where do you think they'll get all those penises, people?
What I find most interesting is that what Goldberg is trying to do is not to slander transsexuals but academics. In his mind, those who get sex-reassignment are already unquestionably scary and weird. He's trying to use that to paint academics with the same brush, making academia seem, by association, to be freaky and odd and unsure of itself, malleable in a way that he finds threatening and hopes his readers will also find threatening.
That's what fascinates me - not that he finds gender-correction to be distasteful, but that he so fears an informed and educated mind open to new ideas that he's willing to try some sly little word game to equate the two in hopes his audience will come to revile academia with the same passion they normally reserve for teh freeks.
Also, Bridgeplate's "Gonad" character's summary is just hysterical, and I love it.
All bitching, all the time.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 1:22 PM
terrible run on penises
I hate run-on penises. Find somebody who's had a colostomy and put their semicolon to good use, I always say.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 1:25 PM
Or at least a woman with a period.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 1:28 PM
Where do you think they'll get all those penises, people?
They will start culling the hyenas, I imagine.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 1:29 PM
Where do you think they'll get all those penises, people?
What I find most interesting is that what Goldberg is trying to do is not to slander transsexuals but academics. In his mind, those who get sex-reassignment are already unquestionably scary and weird. He's trying to use that to paint academics with the same brush, making academia seem, by association, to be freaky and odd and unsure of itself, malleable in a way that he finds threatening and hopes his readers will also find threatening.
That's what fascinates me - not that he finds gender-correction to be distasteful, but that he so fears an informed and educated mind open to new ideas that he's willing to try some sly little word game to equate the two in hopes his audience will come to revile academia with the same passion they normally reserve for teh freeks.
Also, Bridgeplate's "Gonad" character's summary is just hysterical, and I love it.
Posted by Robust McManlyPants | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 1:44 PM
Those crazy academics and their puerile interest in sex. (Warning: dig deep enough into the links on that site and you'll see titties! OMG!1!)
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 2:01 PM
their puerile interest in sex
Ahem. We've been over this, B.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 2:07 PM
And you've seen my response.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 2:16 PM
However.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 2:35 PM
It needs to be said that Kriston's 9 is a marvel.
Posted by David Weman | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 3:28 AM
51: Hey, I'm a girl. I reserve the right to be illogical and inconsistent.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 11:39 AM
Hey, I'm a girl.
Oh really?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 11:46 AM
Apo, did you read 53?
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 11:58 AM
Yeah, that was what struck me as funny. Can an inherent trait truly be designated a reservable right?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 12:02 PM