Jezebel: James Joyce

Apple Okay With Tiny Cartoon Penis After All

Sadie Stein — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Following outcry against Apple's banningof a comic-book Ulysses, the company "said they gave it a second look and realized that it wasn't obscene or anything like that." [NYT] More »

Ulysses Banned Because Of Tiny Cartoon Penis

Sadie Stein — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:40:00 EDT

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Once again, Joyce's Ulysses has been banned in America: this time by Apple. They're refusing to carry a comic-book version of the classic for iPad because one panel shows stately, plump Buck Mulligan in the buff. [Big Money via BoingBoing] More »

Doesn't Anyone Write Like A Fucking Chick Anymore?

Moe — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST

Gals. I gotta tell you about something. It's this new internet algorithm thingy, and it's taking over my life. You know how we're interested in the ways men and women write differently? Well this thing called the Gender Guesser, is supposed to guess the gender of someone based on a passage he/she has written. It's not 100% accurate — "men should not be offended if it says you write like a girl," they're quick to state — but I'll tell ya, it's 100% maddening. I've been plugging every fucking piece of writing I can think of. But it's like: no matter what we write, it comes back freaking male. That Charlotte Allen essay on how women are stupid: 64.77% MALE. Katha Pollitt's rebuttal: 64.06% MALE. A Modern Love column penned a few years ago by Jezebel editor Jessica Grose about crying on the subway: 57.96% MALE. The girliest thing I could fucking find was the first page of motherfucking Ulysses, which was 56.51% male. Motherfucking Ulysses?! What girl likes that book? Doesn't anyone write like a girl anymore? More »