Yep, my bf got high fives from me when he started using ovaries. The best is that the first time he said it was in front of my brother, which somehow authenticated it in my view as I'd possibly be inclined to think he was pandering if he only said it to me in front of our cats....

HAHAHAHA!!!! (had to write it out so I didn't start guffawing out loud at work)

Day 4 get stabbed in Pioneer Square?

Both this post AND the awesome on point comments below have restored a small portion of my faith in humanity today. Thanks all! I will reread this tonight when the Gov. shutdown comes back at me in an attempt to snatch that portion of faith back from me...not unlike referenced candy-swiping raccoons...

I love the amount of quotes in this simply because I read them all with his actual accent/voice in my head.

Most rational people would see that shutting down HEALTH CARE CLINICS that mostly perform health care services for women's reproductive health because they have a sister clinic in another county that does perform the occasional and sometimes LIFE SAVING abortion IS a women's issue. Shutting down EDUCATION and HEALTH…

That's the problem here - you can't read about a woman being afraid of a man without reading MANKIND. Christ, nobody said YOU were a rapist. Nobody said ALL MEN are rapists. I don't understand how this way of thinking is the go-to for so many people. If a woman is sexually assaulted by a man - and btw - sexually…

I used to work at an aquarium - we fed our caiman chicken. He loved it in the summer, couldn't be bothered in the winter...I think they'll eat anything. Except, I guess supervillains in chicken bikinis, which is DC's justification for the fourth panel?

UGH, a bikini made of chicken for suicide by alligator?? wtf? because having bugs bunny drop a safe/anvil/piano on her while she was twirling on a stripper pole was too obviously sexualized and ridiculous so they decided to go with something a bit more poignant/demure? Ugh, Wonder Woman and Zantanna should just…

The goal post got shifted to endless talk about Iron Man, because folks would rather argue endlessly about a subjective take on one movie than the over-arching theme here that remains pretty obvious. My original comment speaks to the over abundance of movies revolving around either the same or "more of" male…

If you're referring to the same article I read, it doesn't really point to anything concrete, just hopeful rumors. There was another commenter on this thread who said they work for Marvel (I believe) and based on the work they do there they usually have a good idea of what's coming down the pipeline and they were not…

I've acknowledged that I was referring to studios at large and Marvel properties Fantastic Four, the Hulk) rather than Marvel Studios. I honestly think that people went to see the third one based on how well the Avengers did, not Iron Man 2.

Yes, but if you actually read even the good reviews, most of them are on the meh side of things. They all argue that it's decent at best, fun fluff, or kind of a let down after the first one. It's riding on the good will of the first one. And there's still plenty of people - fans and critics - who thought poorly of…

yeah, I already conceded that I was talking Marvel properties rather than the studio. My bad. But I don't think anyone who is frustrated with the lack of studios interest in making films with a leading or even just more female super heroes is unjustly picking on Marvel Studios. We're consumers and fans and we're…

I used the word "arguably" because while it took in a lot of money, it was widely panned by both critics and fans and deemed an unnecessary sequel by audience and film standards. Basically all the money it did make was on the coattails and good graces of the first one. It didn't make money because of it's detail…

I'll concede on that point, you are correct. I guess my greater point is that no studio wants to do a female superhero movie with either Marvel or DC properties but would rather churn out non stop revamps and sequels and I don't really believe that's for the sake of painstaking world building and commitment to the…

The Fantastic Four revamp is slated for 2015 and has been discussed on io9 a few times. Though I'm sure things are subject to change, there is already a director attached. The Hulk remake I was referring to was the Edward Norton one. My point is instead of "actively planning" more spiderman movies only a couple…

um, you're right that it's not entirely fair. They'd rather put money into yet more unnecessary remakes and sequels which have done nothing for them financially than just take a leap of faith that a solitary female superhero can actually float a film in world where over half the population is female, and everyone…

wait - we're ALLOWED to take science classes?? CO-ED science classes?? you probably only took the class because you had a crush on that guy, right? Because that'd be the only reason for a girl to learn science!!

Honestly, the only inoffensive word in that phrase is "of" in my opinion.