The word "vagina" is in the title of this post
... the genital that's getting the short end of the free speech stick in a New York school.
I agree that kids should be able to say "vagina", but is "vagina" really being singled out here? Don't you think that using "penis" would have gotten kids in trouble too?
"i pledge allegience to the vaginas of the united states of america. "
Daryl, possibly. But considering the principle's name is Dick, maybe he's sensitive to talk about private parts.
Not to rain on anybody's parade, but:
Suspension postponed for students who disobeyed administrators and said 'vagina'
By DIANA COSTELLO
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: March 7, 2007)
CROSS RIVER - The suspension of three John Jay High School students for disobeying school administrators and saying the word "vagina" at an open mic night has been postponed until after the Board of Education meets Tuesday, according to one of the students.
You say vagina, and I say penis.
I say penis, you say vagina.
Penis, vagina, penis, vagina,
Let's call the whole thing off.
Personally, I prefer the actual English words.
Personally, I prefer the actual English words.
*chortle* Reminds me of seeing a Dutch language work inspired by the Vagina Monologues, called the Veiled Monologues and focussing on the sexual lives of Muslim women living in the Netherlands. (As much a revelation as the Vagina Monologues itself, too - I'd be tempted to translate it to give non-Dutch access to the insights and experiences therein.)
Anyway, I'd recently found a very interesting article from Scientific American on helping sex workers in India avoid HIV infection - by forming a union. I'd posted it already in my own journal (and missed my chance to use "vagina" in the title, oops), but want to make sure you got a chance to look at it, here: http://www.sciam.com/
article.cfm...BA683414B7F0101
Be well, and thanks for all your weblog activity - a real light in the darkness!
*urk* you know, I was posting before my *first* cup of coffee - let me add what I'd meant to say earlier:
in De Gesluierde Monologen (Link to Dutch Wikipedia page on author, here: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ade...delheid_Roosen)
, one of the characters talks about how the word vagina is "so French" and proceeds to lovingly describe her "kut", repeating the word with unabashed glee. (While I was having my geek moment in the audience, grooving on the new perspective on 'vagina'.)
A book was sacked from a school library for having the word "scrotum" in it (referring to a dog's, no less).
Some good reading: The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue can be found, complete, at project gutenberg. Viz has an online, searchable version (not as big as the current publication) of Roger's Profanisaurus", but there's a browsable one at this guy's page. Viz used to have a version of the work in progress on their site -- I downloaded it years ago, and it's in my ipod now. If you don't know your barse from your banjo, you need to get your wanking spanners on this!
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