tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post8477835252397435462..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: "There isn't a word for what I want to be yet. There isn't a thing I can gun for. The thing I want to be hasn't been invented."Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-74094866367193703612014-07-17T01:47:40.405+01:002014-07-17T01:47:40.405+01:00"For every moment of hilarity, there's al..."For every moment of hilarity, there's also almost an equal number of parts that make you sad, or even just make you think about something a little more deeply."<br /><br />THIS IS A PERFECT SUMMARY. There need be no other summaries.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-44840922992039136902014-07-16T12:24:16.397+01:002014-07-16T12:24:16.397+01:00Is there anything more important to talk about tha...Is there anything more important to talk about than wanking, Alley? Probably, but when else do we get the chance?!<br /><br />You are SO RIGHT about Johanna. She's amazing fun to read about, and being friends with her would be so good, UNTIL she gets all weird and you have to go 'no, no, darling. Just stop.' I also fear she might be one of those eager to please people, and those are the worrrrst!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-16571146878328584762014-07-16T12:22:20.509+01:002014-07-16T12:22:20.509+01:00STUPID BLOGGER, SORT YOUR LIFE OUT.
Tiny Christia...STUPID BLOGGER, SORT YOUR LIFE OUT.<br /><br />Tiny Christian Bale and tiny Johnny were just the cutest. And they're not so bad now either, I hear. *happy sigh*<br /><br />I really is masturbation that just is. Which is absolutely how basically all masturbation that isn't for, like, porn, just goes. It's not especially glamourous, it just is. Also I have never talked about it so much in my LIFE so thanks for that, everyone! <br /><br />DAMMIT VIOLET. But LOL INDEED at her husband's bacon ears. Ohhhh yes. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-21722736845573264682014-07-16T12:19:27.554+01:002014-07-16T12:19:27.554+01:00I never did anything as embarrassing as the Scooby...I never did anything as embarrassing as the Scooby Doo thing, and for that I am grateful. But yes, this is perfect nostalgia, and it's still great in itself. LOVE IT ALREADY.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-28406125892362276942014-07-16T12:18:19.404+01:002014-07-16T12:18:19.404+01:00Ahahaha, you are so so right. I'm still a tota...Ahahaha, you are so so right. I'm still a total lunatic, really, although I guess less so than when I was 14!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-45577512893811397392014-07-16T12:17:42.863+01:002014-07-16T12:17:42.863+01:00I've been really careful to write stuff while ...I've been really careful to write stuff while I'm reading- I have no idea how long that'll last, but experience says NOT THAT LONG. Ah, readalongs. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23956287877073583742014-07-16T12:16:38.532+01:002014-07-16T12:16:38.532+01:00I was slightly like 'ewwww, you are right next...I was slightly like 'ewwww, you are right next to your brother' BUT I shared a room (A ROOM, not a bed) with my sister alllll throughout my adolescence, so... take from that what you will. So I can't really judge haha.<br /><br />I'm slightly concerned that Johanna's journey of discovery will mean she starts acting all, you know, normal, and I can't support that, BUT I guess if Caitlin is her guide, she'll probably be ok because that woman is the greatest. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-64264318736484952992014-07-16T12:13:47.850+01:002014-07-16T12:13:47.850+01:00Hahaha, ohhhh Emily. My 14 year old self would hav...Hahaha, ohhhh Emily. My 14 year old self would have just been like RIGHT ON, SISTER! Aaaand that's pretty much how my now self thinks too. It's really tickled me that you think of wanking only as the kind of guy movement though, I'd pretty much just use that as a blanket term (as, indeed, I have already!)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-71853527434015786242014-07-16T12:11:30.393+01:002014-07-16T12:11:30.393+01:00It's not even really a sex scene, you know? I ...It's not even really a sex scene, you know? I mean, obviously it is, but there's nothing really titillating about it (at least not for me) it's more like, it's Johanna's experience and it remains her own experience. OWNING OUR OWN SEXUALITY, LADIES.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-75321946752926543022014-07-16T12:10:08.492+01:002014-07-16T12:10:08.492+01:001) To me, Christian Bale is still Laurie so I will...1) To me, Christian Bale is still Laurie so I will love him forever. It's just the way life is. *sigh*<br /><br />2) I actually don't even like jam sandwiches (I KNOW) but I just like the sentiment. I'd probably have hidden under my bed with Little Women and some haribo cause that's how I rolled as a teen (alas, no haribo now :( )<br /><br />3) Hahahahaha, this is true. But I still appreciate that it's in there (that's what she said etc)<br /><br />4) SO FUNNY. I know I was supposed to be horrified for her, and I was, but SO SO FUNNY.<br /><br />5) I am Johanna. We are all Johanna. Johanna is everything.<br /><br />6) I have not, but I AM ON IT as soon as I've read in the garden allllll day :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-36074009588575206302014-07-15T14:34:47.312+01:002014-07-15T14:34:47.312+01:00"Ah, but there is more to this first section ..."Ah, but there is more to this first section than just masturbating, I GUESS" Ahahahahaha<br /><br />I love Johanna. I love that she's so earnest and hilarious and also heartbreaking and just sort of want to take care of her while also probably telling her to shut up, cos it does sound like she gets annoying.<br /><br />WELL DONERedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-45091286362719013972014-07-15T04:44:57.698+01:002014-07-15T04:44:57.698+01:00Seconding this. I wonder where the wanking scenes...Seconding this. I wonder where the wanking scenes would fall in one of those guess-whether-this-sex-scene-was-written-by-a-man-or-a-woman quizzes. I feel like it would just confuse the quiz-takers. Raynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536910555459674118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-83448852228246358792014-07-15T04:43:18.519+01:002014-07-15T04:43:18.519+01:00Your comment just reminded me of the dead husband&...Your comment just reminded me of the dead husband's BACON EARS.<br /><br />LOLsRaynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536910555459674118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-66418919962005105512014-07-15T03:20:47.263+01:002014-07-15T03:20:47.263+01:00My stupid blogger was messing up so I posted twice...My stupid blogger was messing up so I posted twice and have now deleted the second one. Also, I just realised I didn't even discuss Violet and I LOVED those scenes. Especially when she curses Violet's dead husband for screwing her over.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-64879090184537192312014-07-15T03:13:59.613+01:002014-07-15T03:13:59.613+01:00It's only just occurred to me that baby Christ...It's only just occurred to me that baby Christian Bale looks a lot like Johnny Depp in Benny and Joon. I think maybe it's just the hair cut, but hubba hubba *raises eyebrows like a cartoon wolf from the 50s*<br /><br />I mentioned the masturbation thing on someone else's blogpost. Not only is it one of the few depictions I've seen of teen girls exploring themselves, but like you said, it isn't sexual or for tittilation. We aren't supposed to get all steamy over it (which is 100% the case in most novels that look at female masturbation. Side-eyeing romance and romance-ish novels hear). It just is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-61864050171308548782014-07-14T17:11:51.875+01:002014-07-14T17:11:51.875+01:00I love her weirdness and her devotion to her famil...I love her weirdness and her devotion to her family, and that TV show...lord. It just brought up too many bad 14-year-old memories.Amy Reahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770735473971920979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-91825305926863745512014-07-14T14:16:36.433+01:002014-07-14T14:16:36.433+01:00SECONDED.SECONDED.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658227387582528719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-21515209171815284182014-07-14T14:16:00.937+01:002014-07-14T14:16:00.937+01:00I need her to stay a unique little lunatic too, th...I need her to stay a unique little lunatic too, though I quite like her. :) I love that she's so weird, with so many jagged edges, because it makes her feel SO REAL. (What fourteen year old girl, deep inside, ISN'T a total lunatic?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658227387582528719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-40101853821350051372014-07-14T14:14:33.858+01:002014-07-14T14:14:33.858+01:00"It's especially great in that, it's ..."It's especially great in that, it's not done in a weird, mistily lit way that is meant to make it appealing to men, or even at all sexually appealing"<br /><br />TRUFAX DUDE<br /><br />Also ahaha the line about biscuits. I forgot I loved that. Clearly I need to do more writing down while reading.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-39043352837840614872014-07-14T14:13:10.872+01:002014-07-14T14:13:10.872+01:00But she put up the Berlin Wall - sleeping little b...But she put up the Berlin Wall - sleeping little brothers on one side and wanking teenagers on the other. :) <br /><br />But yes, that was the weird part. I honestly think that it was a great way to open because it was super shocking - so the masturbation that followed was pretty normal. DID ANYONE ELSE DIE OVER "MUM"? :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658227387582528719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-47422401906591755852014-07-14T14:10:41.481+01:002014-07-14T14:10:41.481+01:00Freud might have something to say about auto-corre...Freud might have something to say about auto-correct. :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658227387582528719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-41561249524020292232014-07-14T13:34:03.665+01:002014-07-14T13:34:03.665+01:00I do kind of love that her getting her rocks off w...I do kind of love that her getting her rocks off was so talked-about... but in the beginning, I just kept shouting in my head "STOP DOING THAT NEXT TO YOUR LITTLE BROTHER!" For gods sake woman, go into the bathroom or something. Or just you know... don't do it when your brother is sharing your bed. Damn.<br /><br />I quite like Johanna right now, except that she is kind of very juvenile still. I liked that her dad told her not to be a prat, because it seems his way of telling her to grow up and act more like a young woman and not like such a kid. I'm looking forward to a more calm Johanna who is still weird and funny. (If that's the way she goes. Man I hope so.)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-71647512831801802292014-07-14T13:09:58.642+01:002014-07-14T13:09:58.642+01:00Yes, you're right that it's all open and m...Yes, you're right that it's all open and matter of fact about the masturbation (still can't think of it as wanking, which autocorrect wants to make "wanting"), but the whole time I kept thinking of my own self at 14, and I get mortified ALL over again.<br /><br />BUt yes! I love the balance of the funny (often laugh out loud) with the serious and the wry, and that is what makes it so good. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-85123291495759304232014-07-14T11:43:25.503+01:002014-07-14T11:43:25.503+01:00Gah! I totally thought the same thing about how re...Gah! I totally thought the same thing about how refreshing it was to see open wanking, but I love that you pointed out the fact that it wasn't meant to be sexy. So right and so smart. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-79896337736326582202014-07-14T11:33:33.900+01:002014-07-14T11:33:33.900+01:001) ALL THE POINTS for the Laurie GIF. Y'now, ...1) ALL THE POINTS for the Laurie GIF. Y'now, from back before Christian Bale was a bit of a knob and could still smile without looking faintly sinister.<br /><br />2) "I dealt with this with all the coping mechanisms I knew: lying under the bed with the dog, reading Little Women and eating jam sandwiches dipped in hot chocolate." All I could think as I read this sentence was WHY THE FUCK HAVEN'T I TRIED DIPPING JAM SANDWICHES IN HOT CHOCOLATE?<br /><br />3) The whole wanking thing is very refreshing (as you'd expect from anything by Caitlin Moran) - UNTIL the moment my stepdad wandered over and went, "Oooh, I might read that book after you!" There's everybody knowing it happens, and there's EVERYBODY KNOWING IT HAPPENS, y'know?<br /><br />4) The Scooby Doo thing, Laura. I couldn't decide whether I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me for Johanna's sake, or whether to just continue laughing hysterically. Mostly I did the latter.<br /><br />5) I have already underlined, starred, smiley-faced and hearted quite a few things in this book. Mostly because at 27, I still feel like Johanna a lot of the time. CAITLIN UNDERSTANDS. Also I love Lupin so hard. :)<br /><br />6) If you haven't seen that JustKissMyFrog interview with Caitlin Moran, you should - it's really good and feministy and funny. Leena asks great questions and then has a fangirl moment at the end and tells Caitlin she smells of cleanliness. ALL THE WIN.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.com