I was listening to Morning Edition the other day and they ran this piece called, Shakespeare Had Roses All Wrong. Essentially, it’s about how some languages use feminine and masculine nouns- in a way it’s a descriptive noun. For example die brucke is bridge in German. It is a feminine noun and elicits other “feminine” descriptive terms like slender, elegant, and beautiful. Whereas in Spanish the word for bridge is el puente, which is a masculine noun so when spoken immediately it elicits other typically “masculine” words, like strong, big and sturdy. We don’t have this type of grammar in English, although we do often assign a sex to an object- like cars or electronics, we name them and we treat them accordingly. It’s fascinating really how different cultures assign different meanings to different words. (phew! lots of differences in that sentence). And then here’s something really different! Some languages don’t even have pronouns. For example, Estonian- there is no he or she. That’s right in Estonian you don’t say “her car” or “his house” you would say “tema” or “he/she/it’s” car. It’s kind of nice because it certainly simplifies things and also it demystifies objects. Now the program really didn’t get into this, but I couldn’t help but think about language in terms of sexuality. I can only speak from an American perspective, but we are constantly objectifying things and defining things in terms of sex, both masculine and feminine even without the “descriptive” noun affiliation. i am a woman that questions my sexuality, not my sex or my gender, but i know many people that do and sometimes language can be so damaging. it brings up a lot of quetions about the language we use even within the gay community, like “gender queer”, transgender, bisexual- these words and others carry a lot of meaning. we are constantly trying to define things, label them, organize, compartmentalize and so on. what if the bridge is not a girl? what if the bridge is not a boy? what if the bridge just IS? what if? well maybe it’s not about bridges, maybe it’s about flowers. 
TANGENT ALERT: biologically speaking, if i can remember back to my undergrad years, some flowers are bisexual and sometimes “bisexual flowers” are referred to as perfect flowers meaning they have both female and male reproductive systems, like a lily or a rose. hmmm…..maybe shakespeare really did have roses all wrong!
but she’s funny and i mean really, she’s funny. i’m not saying she has been in the best movies. okay i’m actually going to say she has been in some of the worst movies, but that is not her fault because the woman is a comedic genius. watch her and note how well she does physical comedy, how well she makes fun of herself and never, ever in a self depreciating, despicable way. this is how you might often remember her: god her face is so funny in that bottom shot.
there is this scene from Hot Chick, that i love, oh so much. she is at the prom with rob schneider (who is really her best friend jessica trapped in rob schneider’s body) and she essentially professes her love for jessica, indicating that maybe this twist of fate- jessica becoming a man- was meant to be, so that they could be together. it is a touching moment that i believe many a girl has had with her girlfriends- wishing, hoping, wanting and sadly…not getting. this is what she said in an interview with 
Barbarella is Bi 