(Unless this is a joke about the whole “Ethan is gay” thing, in which case… yeah, this is like asking what happened to Monette’s baby. Old before it began.)
No, this is seriously news to me. Even though I have read all of Willis’ other comics. Daisy never really stuck out at me though so I must not have noticed.
It’s a nice joke, but given that it’s only mentioned in a side-bubble like with Ethan, I can believe a second News post being required for this someday.
We’ve only seen her with men so far, but we haven’t seen any confirmation that she isn’t gay. Keep in mind, Ethan denied being gay for a while, too.
bramblepatch
And considering how casual Roz is about other aspects of sexual politics, I could easily see her identifying as bi/pan/multi/whatever but not making a big honking deal out of it. Kind of a thing where she’ll pursue whoever catches her eye, but doesn’t consider it relevant to any situation where she’s not trying to get into someone’s pants.
Just lay all your cards right on the table, Daisy.
Maybe my school was more conservative than I realized, but I’m a bit astounded at the concept of a school-sanctioned newspaper with a sex columnist. Not like kids at my college were leading the Puritan life, but a certain degree of pretense was expected in publications that might be picked up by visiting families deciding where to apply.
“The Sexpert” was a sex advice column that ran in the Indiana Daily Student back when I was a student there. It was mentioned once in Roomies!: http://www.itswalky.com/d/19981208.html
Yeah, I remember The Sexpert. There was another sex column a few years later as well. From what I recall, they both offered reasonable advice on serious questions. Of course, Indiana University has the benefit of housing the Kinsey Institute, where sex is serious business!
David
The Sexpert offered reasonable advice on what to do if a hot dog broke off into your cooter!
Ryanwoofs
Oh, right. It was the later column that drew upon the 50 years of research from the Kinsey Institute.
Not that hot dog-eating-vags aren’t a real problem!
You went to a college that had a reputation for being old fashioned/proper/respectable/etc. When I went to a small rural liberal arts public university, they had one in the paper. It was complete garbage (they once said that men and women can’t ever be just friends). You didn’t miss out.
There wasn’t one at my college (I don’t think we even had a newspaper), but it was kind of the Official Position of the counseling/psychology faculty, the student life staff, and the people in charge of dealing with student “issues’ that men and women could never, ever, ever be “just friends” or even “friends without any sexual or romantic connotation.” The stated reason was, “Because men are governed by their hormones and cannot control themselves around women. it’s dangerous to try to foster a non-dating relationship with one.” In fact, they’d give speeches on it relatively often (I remember two in my four years), to help protect the women and to warn the men away from becoming rapists.
So yeah, I don’t think it’s just your university.
Ridureyu
and for the evaluation:
“Men and women can’t be friends.” Kind of dangerous, as it pretty much also ruins the idea of men and women thinking of each other as humans. Fosters sexism that way.
“Men are hormonally-driven creatures and are all potential rapists.” Well, that’s a little extreme, but men are hormonally-driven, and rape is a major problem. I mean, hey, look at all the rape jokes on the consequences-free internet. I’m just not sure if they took the best line toward lowering or removing rape. At least they never punished people for being friends, though, it was just advice.
My school has had various sex advice columnists. We also have soccer cheers where we spell out condom for defense, s-ampersand-m for domination, etc., which might be somewhat rarer, at least for big schools that attract a lot of non-students to sports games (we’re a division-3 liberal arts college)
We had a sex columnist and I went to a state school.
Her column wound up being some sad cross between Sex & the City references and “look at me, look at me” attention grabs and very little about actual sexual advice.
So… I guess I’ll join everybody else in saying that you didn’t miss much?
The tiny liberal arts college I currently attend has its own sex advice column that’s separate from the actual school newspaper. However, I can’t think anyone who has ever actually read it or submitted questions… Though I do go to an early college, where the freshmen are all between 15 and 17, so maybe that’s just us.
Our sex columnist was actually pretty good at my state university. She got a ton of mail, generally falling into one of two categories: the “you’re going to hell” kind and the “will you marry me?” kind (often in the same letter).
@T- I don’t think SCAD even has a physical paper anymore. I don’t see it anywhere, anyhow, but I remember when they used to be in bins all around town for the public to peruse, so perhaps that’s partially why it was a bit more conservative a publication…
I was referring to William & Mary where I was an undergrad. I didn’t pay much attention to student news when I was all-too-briefly taking grad studies at SCAD.
Still, that makes sense. This has been interesting and educational…
Daisy and Dorothy discuss the digital didoes of a Democrat’s delinquent and debauched dependent and their duty to declare DeSanto’s decadence to droves of delighted dormitory denizens.
95 thoughts on “News”
Doctor_Who
Finally, a job Roz is qualified for.
Plasma Mongoose
A Masters degree on the subject no less.
G.S.Mercs
Let’s play a game. At what exact moment did Dorothy’s mind snap?
Henry
In the last strip. You could see it on her faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.
David Herbert
With Joe’s penis. Literally.
Rowen Morland
Joe’s penis snapped?
Plasma Mongoose
Now THAT sounds painful.
nothri
And THAT’S a good news story, am I right?
Plasma Mongoose
Will they include pictures.
Henry
And Brain Bleach.
1Samildanach
Oh snap!
iSaidCandleja-
Looks like Roz will be busy this semester.
Joebo
Wait, is Daisy a lesbian?
Brendan
You. Read Walky. Now.
(Unless this is a joke about the whole “Ethan is gay” thing, in which case… yeah, this is like asking what happened to Monette’s baby. Old before it began.)
Joebo
No, this is seriously news to me. Even though I have read all of Willis’ other comics. Daisy never really stuck out at me though so I must not have noticed.
Joebo
Wait, Ethan is gay?
Dox
epic face is epic
Henry
Epic faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace?
kagato23
No, Dorothy is gay. Or at least bi. Ethan isn’t even in this strip silly
Ethan gay? What on earth would possess you to think that?
nothri
…at the risk of being ironic, I’ll now admit I have no idea who this Monette is or what happened to said baby.
dchorror
Can’t find a link to the storyline, but Monette is a character in Shortpacked who early on in the strip struggled so hard to be a lesbian.
Joana
Don’t you mean Something*Positive?
dchorror
Yes. I wasn’t quite awake this morning.
David
Always: http://www.itswalky.com/d/20020209.html
Joebo
Fair enough.
Plasma Mongoose
The mantra for the Walkyverse is this: A character is assumed to by gay unless proven otherwise.
Tristan J
And even then, it’s still suspect.
Plasma Mongoose
Rule 2: Even if proven straight, that caharcater will somehow end up in a gay situation anyway.
Eri
That is actually how I live my life in general.
Zem
It’s a nice joke, but given that it’s only mentioned in a side-bubble like with Ethan, I can believe a second News post being required for this someday.
Ridureyu
Poor Daisy, of COURSE she’s into girls!
Brendan
Hmm? Is she? Even in Totally Gay Shortpacked, I don’t recall any evidence of that…
Jen Aside
Daisy was gay in It’s Walky!, no?
Ridureyu
We’ve only seen her with men so far, but we haven’t seen any confirmation that she isn’t gay. Keep in mind, Ethan denied being gay for a while, too.
bramblepatch
And considering how casual Roz is about other aspects of sexual politics, I could easily see her identifying as bi/pan/multi/whatever but not making a big honking deal out of it. Kind of a thing where she’ll pursue whoever catches her eye, but doesn’t consider it relevant to any situation where she’s not trying to get into someone’s pants.
T Campbell
Just lay all your cards right on the table, Daisy.
Maybe my school was more conservative than I realized, but I’m a bit astounded at the concept of a school-sanctioned newspaper with a sex columnist. Not like kids at my college were leading the Puritan life, but a certain degree of pretense was expected in publications that might be picked up by visiting families deciding where to apply.
Brendan
Ah, so glad to have only gone to schools with no such pretensions. (“The statues will walk, the gargoyles will crow…”)
Joebo
Don’t blink!
David
“The Sexpert” was a sex advice column that ran in the Indiana Daily Student back when I was a student there. It was mentioned once in Roomies!: http://www.itswalky.com/d/19981208.html
Ryanwoofs
Yeah, I remember The Sexpert. There was another sex column a few years later as well. From what I recall, they both offered reasonable advice on serious questions. Of course, Indiana University has the benefit of housing the Kinsey Institute, where sex is serious business!
David
The Sexpert offered reasonable advice on what to do if a hot dog broke off into your cooter!
Ryanwoofs
Oh, right. It was the later column that drew upon the 50 years of research from the Kinsey Institute.
Not that hot dog-eating-vags aren’t a real problem!
R
You went to a college that had a reputation for being old fashioned/proper/respectable/etc. When I went to a small rural liberal arts public university, they had one in the paper. It was complete garbage (they once said that men and women can’t ever be just friends). You didn’t miss out.
Ridureyu
There wasn’t one at my college (I don’t think we even had a newspaper), but it was kind of the Official Position of the counseling/psychology faculty, the student life staff, and the people in charge of dealing with student “issues’ that men and women could never, ever, ever be “just friends” or even “friends without any sexual or romantic connotation.” The stated reason was, “Because men are governed by their hormones and cannot control themselves around women. it’s dangerous to try to foster a non-dating relationship with one.” In fact, they’d give speeches on it relatively often (I remember two in my four years), to help protect the women and to warn the men away from becoming rapists.
So yeah, I don’t think it’s just your university.
Ridureyu
and for the evaluation:
“Men and women can’t be friends.” Kind of dangerous, as it pretty much also ruins the idea of men and women thinking of each other as humans. Fosters sexism that way.
“Men are hormonally-driven creatures and are all potential rapists.” Well, that’s a little extreme, but men are hormonally-driven, and rape is a major problem. I mean, hey, look at all the rape jokes on the consequences-free internet. I’m just not sure if they took the best line toward lowering or removing rape. At least they never punished people for being friends, though, it was just advice.
Natalie
My school has had various sex advice columnists. We also have soccer cheers where we spell out condom for defense, s-ampersand-m for domination, etc., which might be somewhat rarer, at least for big schools that attract a lot of non-students to sports games (we’re a division-3 liberal arts college)
Outrider
We had a sex columnist and I went to a state school.
Her column wound up being some sad cross between Sex & the City references and “look at me, look at me” attention grabs and very little about actual sexual advice.
So… I guess I’ll join everybody else in saying that you didn’t miss much?
Sarah
The tiny liberal arts college I currently attend has its own sex advice column that’s separate from the actual school newspaper. However, I can’t think anyone who has ever actually read it or submitted questions… Though I do go to an early college, where the freshmen are all between 15 and 17, so maybe that’s just us.
Jesse
Our sex columnist was actually pretty good at my state university. She got a ton of mail, generally falling into one of two categories: the “you’re going to hell” kind and the “will you marry me?” kind (often in the same letter).
Noel Schornhorst
@T- I don’t think SCAD even has a physical paper anymore. I don’t see it anywhere, anyhow, but I remember when they used to be in bins all around town for the public to peruse, so perhaps that’s partially why it was a bit more conservative a publication…
T Campbell
I was referring to William & Mary where I was an undergrad. I didn’t pay much attention to student news when I was all-too-briefly taking grad studies at SCAD.
Still, that makes sense. This has been interesting and educational…
Brendan
Still shouldn’t really be watching it in the library.
Joebo
Not the library, it’s the newspaper’s office.
Bill M.
That avatar makes me think of “The video feed is coming from INSIDE THE UNIVERSITY!”
arjay2813
i knew it was danny all along (jk, but wouldn’t that throw some people through a loop). almost mixed Daisy w/either Mandy or Grace for a moment
Dahlia
o.e;;;; Daisy is starting to scare me…
NF
Re: this strip
Can I get a woot-woot!?!?!
Joebo
No, no you cannot.
Semysane
WOOT-WOOT!
Oujo
I don’t know if it’s just my eyes playing tricks on me, but it looks like Daisy’s hair is two different shades of blonde in this strip.
The Alliterative Frogboy
Daisy and Dorothy discuss the digital didoes of a Democrat’s delinquent and debauched dependent and their duty to declare DeSanto’s decadence to droves of delighted dormitory denizens.
Ridureyu
d’oh!
Bekah
Your alliterative prowess astounds me, sir. I must have you.
Vivvav
Appropriate avatar is appropriate.
Plasma Mongoose
Now say that again 5 times really fast.
Matt Boyd
“Because around here, we assign stories to reporters with the biggest conflict of interest. That’s how WE roll!”
“Oh, if you see that Billie girl, remind her that if the TA she desperately hates gets fired, she can write the brief about it.”
Scotch Carb
My money is still on Danny getting mistakenly painted as the Roz-doer.
Calling it!
Doer is a strange word.
Cranberrier
Yes, let the gayening begin! THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
/sword
Shift
Actually, considering this is Willis who’s doing the writing, wouldn’t it be “The Straightening”?
Plasma Mongoose
If there is only one gay, then that gay won’t be getting any consensual action.
taekwondogirl