Slog - Comments on Buy This Book http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book I contributed an essay to this newly released anthology edited by Ben Karlin, former producer of The Daily Show, founding producer of The Colbert Report. The book has everything Slog readers enjoy... Gratuitous fat bashing (self-hating variety)... Now it is not my intention to get all victimy, as I know just as well as the next guy how to put down a spoon. And I don't really think that the women in my family were conscious of the fact that by overfeeding me they were channelling their aggression towards the women who might one day steal me away. But,... Copyright 2008 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:21:34 -0800 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:34:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by SeMe your essay was funny Dan, and I usually hate your books. Good spin on the rape coming of age thing. Your Mary K Laternau sounded cool.


As somebody who was once dumped like a turd in the middle of downtown Tijuana, I gotta say, this book was one hell of a fun read.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938940 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:29:01 -0800 Comment by banjoboy Um, isn't it the labia that get waxed, shaved, whatever? Not the (internal) vagina?

And there is a difference between discretely and discreetly. Wonder if anyone corrected that before it went to press...

]]> banjoboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938963 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:40:07 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways are book covers now designed by a committee? or some sort of graphics robot? This style of cover has been on about 30 books in the last three years...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938965 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938965 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:40:53 -0800 Comment by Non Men's Health Magazine also recommended that I buy this book...and even had your name in there along with only 3 others who contributed.

I was excited to see that. YAY

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938969 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:43:49 -0800 Comment by Eric We were very flattered by the GCP ad campaign, over here at Fantagraphics HQ. From last week's NYer:

From our own Ivan Brunetti:


]]> Eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938983 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:49:23 -0800 Comment by Eric Hm. Not sure why my image links didn't work. Oh, well.

]]> Eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c938985 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:50:59 -0800 Comment by max solomon is it really so hard to use the word VULVA? as in, the external genital organs of the female, including the labia majora, minora, clitoris, and entrance to the vagina?

you really can't SEE a vagina.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939001 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:00:04 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I noticed an ad for it in the New Yorker last night ... had meant to check it out ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939002 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939002 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:00:40 -0800 Comment by max solomon @2:

its only the majora that get waxed. the minora are hairless, thank goodness.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939007 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:03:14 -0800 Comment by Sachi Wilson @2 and 7, let's remember that Dan is not likely up to speed on female parts. ;-)

]]> Sachi Wilson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939062 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:40:13 -0800 Comment by brandon h Feh, sounds like a boring book for straight people. I'll pass.

]]> brandon h http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939091 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:01:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @9 - exactly, it would be hard to muff dive otherwise.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939095 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:03:34 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE In the pit bull piece - what? no editor; viz. kept at by and vicelike jaws.

BTW - What was exactly the title of your so-to-speak piece? In college we frat boys frequently sang: "Nuthin' could be finah than to be in your vagina...."

And there is a difference between "discrete" and "discreet" - think you meant the latter - though I could not offhandedly explain the difference - esp. where bush is concerned.

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939109 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:14:40 -0800 Comment by art history lameass Monet. Monet loved them haystacks, more memorably than Van Gogh, I believe. But this essay, a splendid essay anyway it will be.

]]> art history lameass http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939115 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:20:27 -0800 Comment by C. This post is a grammar fiend's dream. I am in agony over 'discretely,' but when you think about it, 'discreetly' is kind of odd too. Her vagina was, what, unnoticeably hidden under her pubic hair? Isn't Dan trying to point out the fact that she had so much hair? Interesting.

art history lameass 14, I think I love you.

]]> C. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939189 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939189 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:42:03 -0800 Comment by Lisa Dan, I did buy this book for my boyfriend. I work at Barnes and Noble and when I saw it, I knew it would be perfect. Mostly, I wanted to read it and the excuse of this holiday helped. Thanks for another great read! - Lisa.

]]> Lisa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939194 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:46:44 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Speaking as the father of a ten year old girl, the current craze for "waxed, shaved, defoliated, clear-cut" coochies (the technical term) gives me the heebee jeebees.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939200 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:55:04 -0800 Comment by Ursula Shorter Dan Savage: "Vaginas - they're better hidden, and far away from me."

]]> Ursula http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939256 Conflict of Interest Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:24:33 -0800 Comment by Greg @17: Fortunately, you won't have to deal with it for another two to six years. And after that, you won't hear anything about it at all. Relax. Though you may try to steer her in the right direction sometime by conversationally mentioning how great pubic hair is and how comfortable you feel wearing what God gave you.

@Dan: Whatever, dude. More for me.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939521 Conflict of Interest Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:06:39 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Greg@19-

I'm not worried about how my daughter views the subject- she discusses that kind of stuff with Inga, not me.

I'm worried about a society that fetishizes prepubescent girls.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/buy_this_book#c939556 Conflict of Interest Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:34:04 -0800