The UW women's teams are, unfortunately, the Husky Women.

Probably better than Husky Bitches.

I'll start fueling the cow now, just in case.

I feel sorry for the cows. Could you use Cheney and his ilk of neocons instead? THX!

Flaming Cheyneys... sounds like a drink instead of a cow...

YAY For GC Nuptuals!!

Now I can get married tomorrow (!!!) feeling pretty.

WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I use "lady" all the time. In a jokey, reclamation way I guess. For example, I like to call our restroom at work (we have one & I'm the only woman here) the "Ladies Room." And I like to talk about my delicate ladyparts. Mostly in a pain caused by bike riding context.

And I hate the "Lady Whozzit" teams for reasons everyone has stated. That was one of the great things about going to an all-girl's high school. All the teams were Raiders. whatever that means.

I can't imagine a man calling me "Little lady" with a straight face but if they did there'd be balls a'hurtin.

Hell, any team would have a bump in their super-awesome quotient with a name like the Mighty Fightin' Whatnots.

I keep reading this as Mighty Fighty Whatnots, which I like even better.

sounds like a drink instead of a cow...

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So? What should be the new definition of "Lady"?

I just don't feel moved to reclaim "lady" at all. I don't know that it *needs* reclaiming, the way "queer" and "bitch" do: it's not a perjorative being reclaimed as a positive, it 1) is not the equivalent of the masculine term used and 2) has class and patriarchal cultural associations.

Woohoo for GC marriage!

ION, I think I need to reboot my brain. I started the day with a mini-crisis at home: AB has a field trip today and we couldn't find her sunscreen. Turned out it was at school, so I had to strip her down to the swimsuit she's wearing under her clothes (their "field trips" in the summer are parks with wading pools) and sunscreen her at lightning speed, and then race from the daycare to the park & ride to not miss my bus. Then there were two unexpected crises awaiting my arrival at work. I dealt with them, but now I'm just sort of sitting here staring blankly at the screen thinking, "Now what?"

I use "lady" all the time.

I use it a lot when greeting DF and other female friends ("Hey lady."). Also because we listened to a radio show with Bogart and Bacall and there was a Latino character in it that referred to Bacall as "Lady Sailor," we use that TONS. Cause it's funny! And cute!

ETA another funny lady reference that we use a lot. On The L Word (season 1) Alice said (about Dana, a tennis star), "She doesn't want her fans to know she's a gay lady!" Ha!

Also, thanks for the gay support :)

Woo hoo! Fuck you Orson Scott Card-carrying homophobe! Go sulk in your polynuptialist compound with an uncaffeinated soda! Ha!

Now I can get married tomorrow (!!!) feeling pretty.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee