tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post4317667027361527194..comments2024-03-27T02:13:13.079-04:00Comments on Original Content: This Is Actually A Good ThingGail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-54489155328737456692008-11-17T10:48:00.000-05:002008-11-17T10:48:00.000-05:00Spirit. Pluck. There's a famous quote from the Mar...Spirit. Pluck. There's a <A HREF="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show" REL="nofollow">famous quote</A> from the <B>Mary Tyler Moore Show</B> in which her boss tells her, "You know what? You've got spunk." She thinks he's flattering her, but then he continues, "I hate spunk." <BR/><BR/>Spunky female protagonists are common in children's literature.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-46991265353402743612008-11-17T08:40:00.000-05:002008-11-17T08:40:00.000-05:00What does "spunk" mean?What does "spunk" mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-82620416014220279872008-11-17T07:49:00.000-05:002008-11-17T07:49:00.000-05:00Yes... it is actually a good thing. Somewhere out ...Yes... it is actually a good thing. Somewhere out there, a professor is allowing someone to do a paper on someone a.) not dead b.) um, I guess he's male. c.)...well, John Green is Caucasian. But it's a start for a teacher to stand against the Dead White Male syndrome from which the literary canon suffers. And though the student generalizes all over the place, at least the alive white male is there to contradict him with his blogging and public speaking, etc. It's so much easier to generalize about what Hawthorne said since he's not around to tell you off!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-44165058033605344512008-11-16T21:13:00.000-05:002008-11-16T21:13:00.000-05:00Kudos for looking on the bright side on this one, ...Kudos for looking on the bright side on this one, Gail. I hadn't thought about it that way.Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.com