{"id":43557,"date":"2011-04-16T01:45:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=43557"},"modified":"2011-04-16T02:13:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T07:13:56","slug":"do-women-love-the-hobbit-nytimes-says-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/04\/16\/43557-do-women-love-the-hobbit-nytimes-says-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Do women love ‘The Hobbit’? NYTimes says no"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ginia Bellafante, in a review of HBO’s “A Game of Thrones,” that makes its television debut this weekend and stars LOTR’s Sean Bean, insinuates that women, or at least women in book clubs, aren’t passionate about “The Hobbit,” the beloved book by J.R.R. Tolkien. With over 10 years of experiences with fans of Middle-earth, and the many women that are passionate about it, Ms. Bellafante might be missing something. She said:<\/p>\n

While I do not doubt that there are women in the world who read books like Mr. Martin\u2019s, I can honestly say that I have never met a single woman who has stood up in indignation at her book club and refused to read the latest from Lorrie Moore unless everyone agreed to \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d first. \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d is boy fiction patronizingly turned out to reach the population\u2019s other half. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Readers of the interwebs, especially the females, are a bit miffed at the writer and there are several good female-authored blogs and responses, (read after the break for a list of some of the more notable responses) but most are from the perspective of “Game of Thrones,” readers. So, Tolkienites, do you agree or disagree with the above statement and the full review?
\nTheNerdybird.com<\/a>
\nGeek with curves<\/a>
\nGeekmom<\/a>
\nWhy men can’t like “Game of Thrones”<\/a>
\nGeek girl diva<\/a>
\nPajiba.com<\/a>
\nThinkhero.com<\/a>
\nRead the review that started the blogger firestorm right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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