Don't do me like that

[Lush]

d, I appreciate the discourse on the importance of the author, but my original point was the fact that I find the Fellowship, as an entity in and of itself, to be gender-neutral. That may not have what Tolkien intended, of course. Perhaps I'll take a hardback Alan Lee-illustrated copy and beat this nonsense out of myself.

Of course, its restrictive, & many women readers may even feel a desire to chain themselves to the railings of Minas Tirith, or throw themselves under Aragorn's horse in protest.

Perhaps if I wasn't born in a violently shovenist society, I'd find the above wickedly funny. As things stand, however, I simply find it in extreme poor taste.