Oh yikes, I just finished reading that article. I had no idea that there was a whole... group? club? of white women that fetishize geisha and try to become them / steal them. It seems like it's routed in some kind of sexual pathology, or at least the author of that post says so. How weird.

I can't wait for the local library to get a copy... there is so much info on those things, but boxed sets are sooo expensive.

My username if a reference to two extremely diverse groups of people / professions that I am interested in and enjoy reading / learning about. There is absolutely nothing disrespectful about it.

thanks for the info! do you have the DVD commentary or something?

That made me giggle.

Cultural appropriation?? To be a fan??? I like to read books written by geisha, learn about the history and watch videos of their performances. I don't pretend to be one. My race has nothing to do with what books I am allowed to read. Would you also say that it is cultural approbation for a non-Italian person to…

Side eying me? For suggesting that the OP read up on the topic before making a decision whether or not to dress as one?

Oh yeah: as you may have noticed from my username, I am a huge fan of geisha. If you want to learn more about the profession in general and the women as individuals, a number of fabulous autobiographies have been published in the past 30. Do NOT read "memoirs of a geisha" first, it is fictional and misrepresents…

Oh honey, don't use the phrase "geisha girl." That phrase specifically refers to Japanese women who worked as prostitutes for America GIs during the occupation, who dressed up as geisha to fool the Americans who couldn't tell the difference. Many of the women were forced into prostitution during the total economic…

I was going to suggest "surprised prairie dog."

Naw girl, nobody but Ygritte is allowed to de-virginize Jon Snow. It is known.

She would be like Harriet the Spy!

Their marriage night in the books was totally okay! He waited for her permission to do anything, and was totally respectful. Things fell into a doggy-style rut after that, but then Dany took control of her sexuality and showed that horselord a whole new world of lady-on-top, face-to-face lovin.

... tell me that doesn't actually exist

And Sandor has really, REALLY bad acne.

... you just out nerded me. I didn't remember that Tywin and his wife (Johanna) were related!

If your theory is the theory I think it is (L+R = JS) then he would be her... nephew. Which isn't horrible, all things considered. It's a roll of the dice to be sure, but genetic defects don't seem to happen for the same reasons in Westeros. Tyrion is the only character who seems to have a genetic... thing (I don't…

... jars?? *shudders* What, are some people's sphincters made of silly putty?

Weren't they back there because Sansa pushed them into the bushes while running towards Joffrey?

Arya is probably still in middle school. NO PROM FOR BABIES