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--S.S.
01/08
"..Darna is the Filipino Woiner Woman..blah blah " In case you didn't know, Darna was almost 30 years ahead of American television's Wonder Woman. Darna was Ravelo's Filipino and female version of Superman, his tribute to his own strong mother and therefore to Filipino womanhood. http://www.inq7.net/opi/2003/aug/14/opi_mpdoyo-1.htm
--VM
10/17
what do you mean, you wouldn't be turned on when Narda, an ordinary FIlipino woman, became Darna, WonderWoman of the Philippines? Filipino chicks are HOT! (seeing as I am one, and i look pretty good, especially when I swallow.) Pish posh, Neil Pollack!
--TQT
05/09
Are men really necessary? “What a fine world this would be If the men were all transported Far beyond the Northern Sea.’ Has the time come for that thought to be put into action? After all is it not men who are responsible for all the wars? Oh sure almost all our great artist, scientist, writers, philosophers, inventers, etc. have been men, but is that not because women, up until now, have born all the responsibility for child bearing and rearing, keeping the home fires burning and all that? And is it not true that in the last few decades that has all changed? Wouldn’t you agree that women in our western societies have attained unprecedented new freedoms? Oh sure they are still solely responsibility for bringing the next generation to life but is the involvement of a man really necessary for that? Hasn’t science and technology made it possible to eliminate the man’s 10 minute contribution to the process? Moreover haven’t Burt and Ernie and Big Bird taken over a lot of the time women used to spend just watching the kids? To say nothing of the other work saving wonders of technology, such as dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, vacuum cleaners, self-cleaning ovens, disposals and now microwave ovens even robotic floor cleaners. We’ll leave vibrators out of this part of the discussion about not needing men. Is it possible that our new hi-tech society has made many of our institutions obsolete? Consider marriage; instituted among men and women as (among other things) a method of putting a legal framework around the bond between man and wife. One of the major functions of the framework is to determine the linage of the offspring produced by this union. That is one of the reasons there are witnesses at a wedding. They are required to bear witness to the union in the event there are questions raised about the heirs to someone’s estate. This presupposes that the man in the marriage did indeed farther all the children born of that union. What a silly notion that has turned out to be. Birdwatchers have long observed the behavior of certain species of bird wherein the male goes to great lengths to build a fabulous nest in order to attract a female. This hapless little pea brain will not only sit on her eggs he will also work his little wings off bringing bugs back to the nest to feed the hatchlings. What he doesn’t seem to know is that while he was out building the nest the two would share his ladybird friend was off in the bushes shaking her tail feathers with a another bird who just happens to be a more dominate male. This type of behavior is not the exclusive province of birds. No sir, the British National Health Service was forced to abandon a health care project that involved recording the DNA of all newborns. It seem as though in certain communities the mismatch between father and child was running as high as 30 %. And who said “No sex please we’re British”. And birds are not the only hapless ones. On national television there is more than one show that deals with the indiscretions of the shreds of human debris that show up to be on TV or sit in the audience. It is almost like watching a car wreck as these pathetic people sit and wait for the host to announce to the world just who is the father of the little bastard. What’s more a judge somewhere in these United States refused to relieve some knucklehead of his responsibility for child support for a kid proven not to be his. Someone is going to have to explain that one to me. Does this mean we have out run the reasons for people getting married? Maybe so. Let’s consider so facts. First of all when marriage was first invented life expectancy was about a third of what it is today. That meant a women spent most of her life in a childbearing mode. Today just the opposite is true. A female child born today can expect to live into her 80’s. That not only means she will spend most of her life infertile she can also look forward to spending the last 10 to 20 years of her life without a mate. This is becoming a big problem for, not only women but society at large. With their newfound freedoms and with that their changing role in society one wonders at what point women will come to understand that they don’t need men at all. After all women are beginning to move rapidly in to positions traditionally the province of men. They already out live men and out number them in institutions of higher learning. More women than men graduate from college and they are attending graduate school in greater number then are men. And exception for the “hard sciences” they get better grades than men. So I wonder just what is in store for my grandson? Will he be the last of our breed? When you stop to think about it the human race needs only a few gallons of sperm stored in liquid nitrogen to sustain us for several thousand years. As for the guys who don’t make the grade genetically, who needs them? This situation becomes all the more clear when you consider the role men play in the relationship between men and woman. They are overbearing oafs, who either can’t remember to put the seat down or pee all over it. They say to the little lady “I am not horny now so go make me a sandwich”. They smell bad, they make bodily noises without concern for the senses of others, they hog the covers and never remember anybodies birthday except their own. As for women they seem oblivious to the power they posses. Strangely, it is not men, but other women who are the greatest treat to a woman. Millions of American wifes don’t seem to realize that they are on the clock because as soon as the kids turn 18 they’re history baby. And you can bet there is a newer model waiting in the wings in most cases
--JWV
05/03
To: mh. Sorry, her name was indeed Diana PRINCE, not price. He's right, you're wrong! Try Google. ;-)
--rf
04/23
her name is diana price. maybe you should have read the comics instead of just jacking off on them, particularly if you were going to feel compelled to write something semi-professional about the experience later.
--mh
04/22
I suppose if one wished to think of it practically, it would be extremely easy to show someone's transformation with a progression of different hairstyles. One of the simplest means for women and men to change their appearance is by changing their locks, be it in colour or lenght or cut. There is also the possibility that the "crowning glory of woman...hair" and all that it implies, from bound and slicked back to free and flowing is an extension as well as expression of the change from ordinary to extraordinary. Seriously, though, I don't think the authors or screenwriters really put much thought into it. If I were to stage a transformation for screen it would leave much more to the immagination, showing only bits and pieces. Much more effective, and preserves the mystery. ( No reference to sacred transformation or transubstantion, meant. That is a topic for another board.)
--lp
04/21
This is an old article. It seems like there are plenty of people who want their work published. Is there such a shortage of good articles that Nerve has to resort to the old stuff?
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04/21
Isn't this a old story? I am sure I heva read it here before
--cjm
04/21
that phone sex bit is hilarious.
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04/21
So when I was at a formal dinner last month, hair up, nice dress, glasses on (contacts shot) and returned from the Ladies, lips freshly red, and the attorney seated across from me said, "You look like you should be able to shake out your hair, take off your glasses, and turn into a porn star," I should have taken it as a compliment?? Chris
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10/28
Neal, I'm so surprised you never mentioned seeing Electrawoman & Dynagirl! Now there was a superheroine transformation lover's dream. In fact, they were one of my earliest crushes. Yes, it was a Batman rip-off with even dorkier stories, but Diedre Hall and Judy Strangis were SOOOOO HOT transforming into their costumes. It still turns me on even today!
--JSR
04/25
I love it!
--JB
04/21
"It's taken me almost thirty years to come to terms with these fantasies." So...at what point of enduring self-loathing did you come to terms with them? It's painfully obvious that you're very much at odds with the person you are and railing on decent, hardworking TF fans just because you can't reconcile morality and sexuality, isn't going to get you anywhere.
--10
04/17
great piece. keep it coming.
--trl
02/24


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