By David Futrelle
I suppose I’m a day late with this one, but I thought I’d take a look back at some of the most popular posts on We Hunted the Mammoth over the last year. SO let’s take a little trip down memory lane and remember 2019: The Year of the Vulva.
The top post of the last year? This one, about the epic mansplainer who decided he needed to “correct” what he saw as the incorrect use of the word “vulva” and who somehow ignited a weird internet firestorm that didn’t end even after a world-famous vagina expert and the dictionary itself told him he was wrong.
Vulvagate: When mansplaining goes so wrong the dictionary itself has to step in
Amazingly, he soon decided to reignite the flames of his wrongness with a little man(splain)ifesto. Here’s my post on the mess that ensued:
Mansplainin’ 2: Electric Vulvaloo! The dude who had a Twitter meltdown over the word “vulva” is back
Speaking of meltdowns, do you remember the him-steria that erupted after Gillette made an ad suggesting that toxic masculinity was, er, toxic? We Hunted the Mammoth does.
And then there was that whole kerfuffle over Lady Captain Marvel:
Internet babies want Lady Captain Marvel arrested for stealing a motorcycle
And Lady Thor made some guys even madder:
It’s like a hammer to the gut: One Angry Gamer reacts to Lady Thor
Some epic Bad Anatomy going on here:
And even more bad anatomy here!
Lips Dick: Angry knobhead mansplains labial anatomy at Jezebel writer
Clearly we need better sex ed. And some remedial courses for more than a few adult men.
Faux lefty skidmarxist Aimee Terese made her WHTM debut in this post:
Lefty podcaster attacks a journalist who reported a creepy DM with an EVEN CREEPIER tweet
A look back at GamerGate and its hateful legacy:
So there are ten of my (and your) favorite posts from the last year. But I had to leave out a bunch to keep this post manageable. So stay tuned for WHTM’s Greatest Hits of 2019: Part Deux.
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The correct word is vagina.
(Obviously /s)
Isn’t vulva a swedish car manufacturer?
@kupo: You’re thinking of Volvo. Vulva is the principal Latin version of the Bible.
@Jurgan : You’re thinking of vulgate there. Vulva is the smith of the Gods.
My favorite moment of WHTM from 2019 was from the comments of one of the “Angry dudes prove toxic masculinity isn’t a thing” story, when Cat Mara sparked a boatload a delight with this comment.
Without Cat Mara we would have gone the whole year without WHTM sea shanties.
@Shadow Play:
You’re thinking of Vulcan. Vulva was married to Fred Flintstone for 16 years before she divorced him and eloped with Betty.
@Crip Dyke
Thank you for that link. I must have missed that post while I was still a lurker, so I didn’t experience it when it happened. Well, it’s still funny almost a year later.
@Crip Dyke
You’re thinking of Wilma. Vulva is a valuable member of Mystery, Incorporated.
@Victorious Parasol
You must be thinking of Velma. Vulva is the Latin for “will,” popularized during the Crusades in the phrase “Deus Vulva.”
@Naglfar
You’re thinking of Deus Vult. Vulva is a popular American rock band of the 1960s fronted by Lou Reed.
@Buttercup Q. Skullpants
You must be thinking of the Velvet Underground. Vulva was the first name of the man who was elected president of Czechoslovakia after the Vulva Revolution in the late 80’s
@David Rose
You must be thinking of Václav Havel. Vulva is a city in Oklahoma.
Delurking just to tell you how i love you people!! The wit and the general knowledge amongst the comentariat here has me coming back for every post! I’ve bern reading here for a good long while now, reading old posts, even cried real tears when i saw bitter infighting. I probanly won’ t be commenting again, but i just had to share how much of an extended family you have become for me. Keep on being yourselves, lovely people, you all give me hope.
@Naglfar Are you sure you’re not thinking of Tulsa?
Vulvas are blue-green freshwater algae that form freefloating spherical colonies and consist of two distinct cell types: flagellate cells and germ cells.
I’m so sorry I missed that thread back in January, what a delight 🙂
I’ll never forget Mr Well Actually It’s A Vagina though. He never gave up, either, just kept on digging.
@Fenton
I’m pretty sure you’re thinking of volvocales. Vulva is an Australian wild turkey.
@kupo
I think you might be thinking of the gweela. Vulva is the Russian river that inspired the “grunting and heaving” Song of the Vulva Boatmen.
@kupo
I believe you’re thinking of a gweela. Vulva is actually a delicious dessert usually made with tahini.
@kupo, No, I think that’s a velociraptor. A vulva is a seer.
@Viscaria
I believe you’re thinking of halva. Vulva is actually a South American noisemaker often used during soccer matches.
@Crip Dyke,
Umm, I think those are vuvuzelas. Vulva is a river in Russia.
@Hippodameia
Pretty sure that’s the Volga. Vulva is a brand of motor oil.
@Karalora
You’re probably thinking of Valvoline. A vulva is a bone in the lower arm.
Everyone knows (or should) that Revulva was the name of a Beatles album.
@Snowberry
You must be thinking of the ulna. Vulva is a river in Russia.