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Desmond Shang
Guvnah of Caledon
Join date: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 5,250
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11-15-2009 10:52
From: Deira Llanfair I think Des was getting his words mixed up - he surely meant "ravishing". Nothing like a good ravish on a Sunday afternoon.  Brandish was the word, clearly, in succinct response to its original authorship in the quote! Dost thou think I would indulge in such subversive, subliminal wordplay, as to somehow illicit thoughts of deeply unfeminist interpretations, amidst this panther's* den of clearly empowered, independent women? Oh, no, not I! * * * * * I do think our dear old Miss Jane did understand life, though. "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." How incredibly understanding! I'm certain she would even make allowances for even the most quixotic fetishes. As for instance, the excessive passion regarding precise spelling, syntax and grammar that afflict some gentlemen (not that she hewed to such concerns much herself). As for 'third wave' feminist; I have no idea what that is. Does that mean we let them open their own doors for themselves while they get us breakfast? *hides behind morning paper*
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Lear Cale
wordy bugger
Join date: 22 Aug 2007
Posts: 3,569
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11-15-2009 10:53
From: Scylla Rhiadra Do you need to be a "maiden" to be a "maid of honour"????
My guess is that maiden maids were actually pretty rare . . . A married woman would be a "matron of honor". One wonders about the gap twixt "pure maid" and "married woman". Might she be the "slut of honor"? |
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Lear Cale
wordy bugger
Join date: 22 Aug 2007
Posts: 3,569
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11-15-2009 10:56
From: Scylla Rhiadra Jane Austen causes me fits, as both a feminist and a book lover. She is so . . . WONDERFUL . . . that it's impossible not to adore her. At the same time, her attitudes drive me nuts sometimes. Not so much Pride and Prejudice, but Fanny in Mansfield Park, for instance. Or Emma's submission to Mr. Knightly. Ugh. (Yeah, ok, he IS kind of sexy, but STILL!!) I suppose it's a bit much to expect a late 18th-century woman to brandish the attitudes of a 21st-century one, eh?  Yes, you have to factor in her social context, in which she was a shining example of feminism, without any of the garbage that's often (unfortunately) associated with that virtue. |
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Milla Janick
Empress Of The Universe
Join date: 2 Jan 2008
Posts: 3,075
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11-15-2009 11:51
From: Scylla Rhiadra Yeah, has real potential doesn't it? Yes! /me heads for the nearest bookstore. |
