Well, in all honesty I don't care whether women play D&D or RPGs in general, anyway. And I'm not sure why one would care (I know why WOTC might care; I suppose they view women as a huge, untapped, and potentially profitable market). D&D is a game; it's not like the women (and men, for that matter) who don't play will be missing out on some valuable education or life experience.drscott46 said:Good lord. This thread is pretty strong evidence as to why WotC would need to publish pandersome books to get girls involved in the first place. Because some of you sure ain't gonna get the job done.
Cutty Sark said:And I have met a couple of Latin American women who were pretty close to apoplexy about how sexist Spanish is.
TheAuldGrump said:Okay, you:
Haven't read the book.
Haven't met the author.
Know nothing beyond the title of the book in regards to content.
And on the grounds of your complete lack of knowledge you go and rate the book as '1', on a scale of 1-5 or 1-10?
Very good. You have renewed my faith in human nature.
The Auld Grump
werk said:Dunno if anyone else dropped her into google, but here's her bio.
"Shelly Mazzanoble
Shelly Mazzanoble believes her childhood was too functional to become a really good writer, so she has decided to go insane. She likes to think of herself as the Snow White of Seattle, living among loads of personified inanimate objects and imaginary friends, including her teddy bear Pooh and her condo, Betty. "
Dunno why I'm having trouble taking her seriously or giving her due credit for such a thought provoking title.
Maybe because the title isn't thought provokingly serious? Or because authors rarely get to pick the title of their books, especially authors hired by large publishers (WotC in this case) to write a book whose subject was chosen by committee?werk said:Dunno why I'm having trouble taking her seriously or giving her due credit for such a thought provoking title.
Well, this particular academic recognises the widespread use and legitimacy of the singular 'they' in the English language: Geoffrey Pullum, Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and co-author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.dcas said:I don't know what the academic world is like now, but when I was in high school and college using "they" as a third person singular was definitely not permitted.