Rosie, archetypally

Not that I'm terribly keen on The View, but I'd hate to see Rosie O'Donnell disappear completely. Simply put, she represents an aspect of the feminine principle - the "goddess," if you want to get squishy about it - that isn't widely represented in pop culture. She's loudmouthed, unashamed, and raucous - there's nothing ladylike about her. I like that. It feels refreshing and natural to see a frowning woman who's built like brick shithouse on TV. She reminds me a bit of Baubo, the foul-mouthed Greek goddess of obscenity, who prodded Demeter out of her blue funk with dirty jokes and grotesque physical comedy.

Being female is messy and problematic, fraught with peaks and pitfalls. In the words of W.B. Yeats' Crazy Jane:

"A woman can be proud and stiff
When on love intent;
But Love has pitched his mansion in
The place of excrement;
For nothing can be sole or whole
That has not been rent."

(from: "Crazy Jane talks with the Bishop")