Comments on: unwritten entries http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/ ...reverberating Fri, 18 May 2012 07:13:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: thedr9wningman http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11091 Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:17:28 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11091 As a linguist, I think your connection between 'he' and 'hero' is entirely contrived and without reason. Just because a word starts out with a couple of letters, especially in ENGLISH, doesn't mean that the words relate. Height, hermit, hen, Hercules, henchman... all of these start with 'he', as does 'hero', but I don't really think that they are masculine in purpose nor identity. Don't come off as a whack-job feminazi, because I don't think you are. Regarding crushes: I love to have crushes and then watch that person and play out why it would never work out. It happens all the time: smoker, materialist, mean, blonde, Republican, christian, whatever. They never end up stacking up to M. As a linguist, I think your connection between ‘he’ and ‘hero’ is entirely contrived and without reason.

Just because a word starts out with a couple of letters, especially in ENGLISH, doesn’t mean that the words relate. Height, hermit, hen, Hercules, henchman… all of these start with ‘he’, as does ‘hero’, but I don’t really think that they are masculine in purpose nor identity. Don’t come off as a whack-job feminazi, because I don’t think you are.

Regarding crushes: I love to have crushes and then watch that person and play out why it would never work out. It happens all the time: smoker, materialist, mean, blonde, Republican, christian, whatever. They never end up stacking up to M.

]]> by: Marie http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11090 Thu, 25 Nov 2004 03:33:39 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11090 Hey - there's a grad certificate in Sustainability! Yippeee -- more stuff to pile in the peace educator folder :D Hey - there’s a grad certificate in Sustainability! Yippeee — more stuff to pile in the peace educator folder :D

]]> by: leblanc http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11089 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:50:17 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11089 i often give up on making thoughts "publishable" and just put a big THIS IS A DRAFT RANDOM BRAIN SPILL note somewhere in the post. most people will get the idea anyway, and i find that those dribbles are often the most transparent and enjoyable when reading back on them. create yourself a "totally draft" category or something to keep track of them. :) i often give up on making thoughts “publishable” and just put a big THIS IS A DRAFT RANDOM BRAIN SPILL note somewhere in the post. most people will get the idea anyway, and i find that those dribbles are often the most transparent and enjoyable when reading back on them. create yourself a “totally draft” category or something to keep track of them. :)

]]> by: Quest54 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11088 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:50:21 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11088 POWER POWER

]]> by: Josh http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11087 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:40:32 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11087 Amen. It really troubles me to get my thoughts out on paper. I prefer conversation as well. There's something intimate and permeable and exchange-ish about talking that's just lost in the written word. I, too, have back blog entries. But I absolutely love what you do decide to publish. You have an audience in me! And about those mini-crushes, no harm. I totally love crushing on guys, and I've decided that it's fine, so long as no harm comes to my sigoth. In fact, I think it's quite harmless: it reminds me of how much, for the time being, I care about him. :) Oh! Derrick Jensen is coming to Cincinnati next spring. My friend Kyle and I are <em>so</em> going on a roadtrip for that one. Excited! Amen. It really troubles me to get my thoughts out on paper. I prefer conversation as well. There’s something intimate and permeable and exchange-ish about talking that’s just lost in the written word.

I, too, have back blog entries. But I absolutely love what you do decide to publish. You have an audience in me!

And about those mini-crushes, no harm. I totally love crushing on guys, and I’ve decided that it’s fine, so long as no harm comes to my sigoth. In fact, I think it’s quite harmless: it reminds me of how much, for the time being, I care about him. :)

Oh! Derrick Jensen is coming to Cincinnati next spring. My friend Kyle and I are so going on a roadtrip for that one. Excited!

]]> by: Emily http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11086 Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:56:48 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11086 I put an (s) there to claim also for females a word that is so gendered towards males. I know that the word "hero" is now used in a gender neutral way (thus negating the need for the wretched "heroine"), but I guess it bugs me still that it's based in "he". I put an (s) there to claim also for females a word that is so gendered towards males. I know that the word “hero” is now used in a gender neutral way (thus negating the need for the wretched “heroine”), but I guess it bugs me still that it’s based in “he”.

]]> by: harmony http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11085 Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:17:18 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/11/21/unwritten-entries/#comment-11085 I have all those unwritten entries too! Especially right now when my webserver has been rendered inoperable by a broken DSL gateway. I have to say, though, why do you make a distinction between female and male heroes? It would never have occurred to me that you only meant men if you said heroes. I have all those unwritten entries too! Especially right now when my webserver has been rendered inoperable by a broken DSL gateway.

I have to say, though, why do you make a distinction between female and male heroes? It would never have occurred to me that you only meant men if you said heroes.

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