I would really like to curl up with a book, actually

[cleolinda]

So... the catfight that broke out on The Shelf last night was bad. Really, really bad. Ellowyne and "her sizeist assumptions" made the mistake of sassing Eowyn over the hypothetical--HYPOTHETICAL!--rights to Edward Dollen, they threw down, and then Eowyn pantsed her. See, this is why you don't ever pick a fight with someone who only comes up to your elbow. So Ellowyne and her gold lace capri pants take a dive and Eowyn immediately goes for the curls, which look way different from the ones in the picture--they're these tight, stiff sausage curls, a whole huge ponytail of them in the back, and Ellowyne is very proud of them. So Eowyn gets one good fistful and Ellowyne is immediately screaming bloody murder, not because it hurts but because she knows what every little girl finds out too late--once you fuck up doll hair, you never get it back the way it was. Yeah. So apparently Ellowyne talks a big talk, but her walk stops dead at weave-pulling.

I seriously don't know how I'm going to keep the peace over there now.

Meanwhile: Trying to get back to recapping True Blood, but for some reason I am just exhausted today. Well, maybe "some reason" is "I was up until three footnoting last night," I don't know. I didn't post any recaps this week just because I wanted to give my recap mojo a rest, and... now I'm just going to be even more behind. Ah, well. C'est la vie.

Today's Journal Birthmonth Flashback: "In times of old you stood beside us during the Day After Thanksgiving Sale," said TRISH soberly. "We will not let the Summit Carmike fall."

Also, in case you didn't read the last entry, I posted another minute-long snippet from the Poufwa podcast ("I think he did a lot of reading"). Yes, that is my crazy tropical bird laugh there at the beginning. (Man, I need to pull a couple of clips from the Made of Fail podcast just to keep things fair.)

Just a few links, since I've got them sitting around:

metaquotes: "Captain Credit! He's our hero! Gonna take stagnation down to zero!" Keep reading for the punchline, which is gold.

Wonderella has a book!

Headless Horseman costume for dogs: it just ain't right.

Sleeping Beauty May Be Safe, But Ariel Has Some Explaining To Do.

This is what the ring and the locket from Half-Blood Prince look like? Really?

Tweethearts: blogger proposes to nerd girlfriend over Twitter, she tweets back acceptance. My first reaction was, FUTURE HUSBAND I HAVEN'T MET, DON'T YOU DARE. And then I thought... Really, do you foresee this being a problem any time soon?

*woevolins*

Comments

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of times my issue with wish fulfillment isn't the fulfillment, but the wish itself. You know, it can be disturbing when the princess's wish is always that she would be 1) pretty or 2) married.

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

*nods* That those things are necessary for happiness is a big part of my concern with it. Are those things really necessary for happiness?

I think that romance novels (since I'm a devoted reader of them and a feminist, which gets a bit squidgy at times) are a great contemporary exploration of this. They are seas away from the novels published even in the 1980s, and a lot of them explore healthy sexuality and realistic relationships, while sort of acceding to the fairy tale framework. Happily ever after, dashing prince, etc. Jennifer Crusie and Nora Roberts are tops at this.

The only problem with that is that what the authors are trying to achieve is subverted by the publishers. It's common for the author to craft a nontraditionally pretty heroine. Like, let's say she's a size 16 instead of size 6. So, the author spends all this time creating a self-assertive, desirable woman, and the publishers go, "Well, we can't have a fat lady on the cover," so they plop an image of someone who's a size 8 in the arms of a guy with a 45-inch chest and call it a day.

Why, helo thar, digression.

In summation, romance novels and fairy tales face the same problems in crafting acceptable fates for women.

[elbales]

In summation, romance novels and fairy tales face the same problems in crafting acceptable fates for women.

Wordy McWord with a side of word.

This is a really interesting thread. Thank you! :)