tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post111758873150303473..comments2024-01-01T09:20:22.363-05:00Comments on Brutal Women: Back On the RoadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1117819834700039162005-06-03T13:30:00.000-04:002005-06-03T13:30:00.000-04:00The short story's just as bad, and worse, I think,...The short story's just as bad, and worse, I think, because the male POV trainer very obviously hates the idea of women being involved in boxing, and says so the whole way through, which makes me look at the ending and go, "So, what the fuck are you saying? Women shouldn't box? What if the boxer was a guy?"<BR/><BR/>Bizarro. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1117819691839310532005-06-03T13:28:00.000-04:002005-06-03T13:28:00.000-04:00I gotta say that I hated, *hated*, Million Dollar ...I gotta say that I hated, *hated*, Million Dollar Baby, and not for the sucker-punch ending. I found the characters to be wildly stereotyped. For example, I laughed out loud when the "Blue Bear" entered the ring with the "I am EVIL" background music. As a female boxer, it made me cringe all the way through. It doesn't want to make me read the short story. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1117805713314933572005-06-03T09:35:00.000-04:002005-06-03T09:35:00.000-04:00I'm currently reading F.X. Toole's collection of s...I'm currently reading F.X. Toole's collection of short stories, which includes Million Dollar Baby (sweet jesus, what the fuck was he trying to say with this story? Anyway). <BR/><BR/>B's my blogging boyfriend - he keeps up a <A HREF="http://shaddax.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">sporadic sports blog</A>  where he occasionally sums up fights. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the book suggestion... <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1117696420727502202005-06-02T03:13:00.000-04:002005-06-02T03:13:00.000-04:00Hey, what are you reading about boxing? Any recom...Hey, what are you reading about boxing? Any recommendations? Have you read "A Boxer's Heart" by Kate Sekules?<BR/><BR/>Also, who is the "B" to which you refer, and what is her blog? <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://mindbombbodyblow.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="">Anathema</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1117629047836868572005-06-01T08:30:00.000-04:002005-06-01T08:30:00.000-04:00Great Blog. Keep up the amazing work. Posted...Great Blog. Keep up the amazing work. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>egdisa-lexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com