- Now I want to talk about this article
that I saw in the Guardian.
It's about the Oxford Dictionary.
Yeah, it just got updated
for its definition of the word "woman".
Apparently, until now,
its synonyms included "wench" and "frail", among others.
Plus one of its sentences that used as an example
was "I told you to be home when I get home, little woman".
Hmm.
I've never wanted to physically fight a book, but hi.
(thump) (audience laughs)
So, thankfully, 28-year-old communications expert
named Maria Beatrice Giovanardi
started a Change.org petition to have it updated,
and it went viral, leading to the alteration.
Now, I gotta tell you,
as a lover of this dictionary,
I'm so glad that people are out there
doing petitions about dictionaries!
This gets me so hot!
(applause)
Thank you!
Thank you, on behalf of women and the dictionary, thank you.
I still love all these little square pages
of imagination, okay?
(sniff) I love how they feel.
I especially love how they smell.
Ooh, speaking of,
I can now smell like a book all the time,
thanks to a new perfume from indie bookstore,
Powell's Books.
I actually was lucky enough to do a reading
of the book I wrote called "Wildflower" there.
The site Scary Mommy reports
that the limited edition unisex scent
is described as "invoking a labryinth of books,
secret libraries and ancient scrolls
and cognac swilled by philosopher kings".
Well, I want to smell like that.
Yes, I'd swipe right on that tender profile,
hot for books.
That's right.
Well, okay.
Now, I'm so excited to introduce someone
who I am a huge fan of, okay.
Her name is Lucy Sparrow.
So please welcome her live, from her banana room,
Lucy, are you there?
- Hi, Drew, it's lovely to be on the show.
How are you?
- Oh, my gosh, Lucy, I'm such a big fan of yours.
I can't believe that I'm actually talking to you.
Now, Lucy is a felt artist
who has exhibits in places like 30 Rock.
You build complete bodegas,
and grocery stores and markets out of felt.
And I just want to ask how did you start doing what you do,
because it's so incredible.
- Well, I started off how every artist starts off,
and it's by keeping this child-like view of the world.
I started making art when I was six or seven,
and I just kept making, kept working hard,
and I had my breakthrough show in 2014,
where I made a corner shop in London.
And it went viral.
- I mean, I have seen your products
and collected some of them.
They are some of the most beautiful, whimsical,
you make fish, you make boxes of products.
You make groceries and hot sauces, everything.
It's unbelievable, when you walk in your world,
it's like being in a parallel universe of joy.
And I just can't thank you enough
for coming on the show,
because I have been a huge fan for a really long time.
And when they said that you were coming on,
I was like "She is?
Oh, my gosh!"
- Well, it's really wonderful to be here.
And it's delightful that I can be here
from the banana room.
It's like, you know--
- I know.
Oh, by the way, Lucy, hello.
How you doing?
Lucy, I'm a big fan of yours.
And you can go to our website
at the drewbarrymoreshow.com,
and by the way, it's really soft.
Wow, okay, I was not expecting that.
You can peak inside Lucy's magical world on Instagram
and our website.
Lucy, I'm very honored that you would come on this program.
Thank you so much for being here.
I love you.
- Thank you.
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