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QuoteThere's going to be a lot of talk about vaginas around the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., mere days after a female lawmaker was banned from speaking in the state House after she dared to utter the word "vagina" during a debate on an anti-abortion bill. At least nine female legislators are going to join playwright Even Ensler Monday night for a reading of her famous 1996 play, The Vagina Monologues, on the Capitol steps, reports the Detroit Free Press.
State Rep. Lisa Brown, who initially sparked the controversy Wednesday by saying, "I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but no means no," will take part in the reading, reports the Detroit News."Censoring a woman for saying a word that is a body part that 51 percent of their constituents have is a repression that we have not and should not ever witness in this country," Ensler said.
Brown penned an op-ed piece for the Detroit News Saturday in which she expresses her "outrage that this legislative body wants to dictate not only what women can do, but also what we can say." Although male lawmakers "have no problem passing laws about my vagina ... when I dared mention its name, they became outraged."
Viva vagina!
I do wonder if America is going to end up in the Stone Age.
See, and I see this as a story of hope and redemption for America. Lisa Brown and at least 8 other women in the legislature are going to be reading the Vagina Monologues on the steps of the Michigan state capitol. These ladies will not be shouted down and shut up. I love it.
Sorry. I was referring to the fact that she should have to do this in the first place. Using an anatomically correct term is perfectly acceptable and what happened to the much vaunted 'freedom of speech' of which Americans are rightly proud?
Oh I know, and I agree with you there that it is shocking and appalling that the conservatives shut her down for using the word vagina in the first place. But, it makes me happy to see that Ms Brown and Co aren't taking it lying down, and I think that the majority of popular support is with her (partically those of us who actually feature The Body Part Which Must Not Be Named.)
Tank is right. Some parts of this country have already returned to the Stone Age.
Quote from: Ali on June 18, 2012, 05:31:35 PM
Oh I know, and I agree with you there that it is shocking and appalling that the conservatives shut her down for using the word vagina in the first place. But, it makes me happy to see that Ms Brown and Co aren't taking it lying down, and I think that the majority of popular support is with her (partically those of us who actually feature The Body Part Which Must Not Be Named.)
:o
Hahaha, perv.
Quote from: Ali on June 18, 2012, 08:59:58 PM
Hahaha, perv.
You called?
I was just about to observe that if anyone tried to prevent me from saying the word "penis", I would certainly take a stand.
*snort*
;D
Quote from: En_Route on June 18, 2012, 10:44:59 PM
Quote from: Ali on June 18, 2012, 10:24:23 PM
*snort*
;D
You're on the coke again?
Like I ever got off the coke* in the first place....
*Does anyone actually call it "the coke?"
Maybe in the 80s?
Quote from: Ali on June 18, 2012, 11:00:35 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 18, 2012, 10:44:59 PM
Quote from: Ali on June 18, 2012, 10:24:23 PM
*snort*
;D
You're on the coke again?
Like I ever got off the coke* in the first place....
*Does anyone actually call it "the coke?"
We'd say "off the drink" or "off the cigarettes" and thus by extension "off the coke" if (he added sniffily) we knew anybody who engaged in such degenerate pastimes.
Quote from: Ali on June 18, 2012, 04:07:52 PM
Quote"Although male lawmakers "have no problem passing laws about my vagina ... when I dared mention its name, they became outraged."
Viva vagina!
I swear to Asmo, there are just some times I can hear the Twilight Zone theme playing.
Imagine what would have happened if she had said anus or bowel movement.
Quote from: markmcdanielImagine what would have happened if she had said anus or bowel movement.
Scatalogical references are completely acceptable. Go to any comedy club on any night.
This was floating around my facebook
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^^ Nice!
I think I'm going jump on the vagina bandwagon and start working the word into as many conversations as I can.
"That's a lovely sweater you're wearing. It's sort of.....(pause for dramatic effect)....vagina colored."
Quote from: Ali on June 19, 2012, 04:22:40 PM
^^ Nice!
I think I'm going jump on the vagina bandwagon and start working the word into as many conversations as I can.
"That's a lovely sweater you're wearing. It's sort of.....(pause for dramatic effect)....vagina colored."
Great idea. Time to stop pussying around. Not so sure about the "vagina bandwagon" though. Sounds like a mobile whorehouse.
Quote from: Ali on June 19, 2012, 04:22:40 PM
"That's a lovely sweater you're wearing. It's sort of.....(pause for dramatic effect)....vagina colored."
"And that ceramic bowl has the most enchanting vagina shape."
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on June 19, 2012, 03:21:18 PM
This was floating around my facebook
I hope that's actually his mum.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on June 19, 2012, 03:21:18 PM
This was floating around my facebook
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This woman is awesome. I want that fucking sign as a tshirt. Fuck close minded male politicians and their censorship of women.
Vagina is the correct term. how can it be wrong? That really grinds my gears.
I want to look at America from across the waters and go "wow, glad I don't live there." :(
Quote from: Tank on June 18, 2012, 04:27:37 PM
I do wonder if America is going to end up in the Stone Age.
No really, Brother.
This may sound crude, but it is a necessary step....and it will work.
Hope this helps to explain.
Thanks.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on June 20, 2012, 02:35:25 AM
Quote from: Ali on June 19, 2012, 04:22:40 PM
"That's a lovely sweater you're wearing. It's sort of.....(pause for dramatic effect)....vagina colored."
"And that ceramic bowl has the most enchanting vagina shape."
Hey! You're having a bowl of ice cream! What flavor?
Cherry Vagina.
;D
Quote from: Beachdragon on June 28, 2012, 07:36:43 PM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on June 20, 2012, 02:35:25 AM
Quote from: Ali on June 19, 2012, 04:22:40 PM
"That's a lovely sweater you're wearing. It's sort of.....(pause for dramatic effect)....vagina colored."
"And that ceramic bowl has the most enchanting vagina shape."
Hey! You're having a bowl of ice cream! What flavor?
Cherry Vagina.
;D
Hahahahahaha. Oh my, that perfume smells wonderful! What's it called?
Calvin Klein's "Vagina"
I'd join in the joke but I'm prohibited from using that word; so I'll clam.
Quote from: En_Route on June 28, 2012, 08:08:27 PM
I'd join in the joke but I'm prohibited from using that word; so I'll clam.
*high five* I do loves me a good pun.
FTR you're not prohibited from using the word vagina. You are encouraged to use the word vagina. But in positive ways. Saying "Not to be a vagina..." implies that vaginas are bad. That's counterproductive to our cause of reclaiming the word vagina for vagina-havers everywhere. Vagina! (I wonder how many times I have to say vagina before this thread starts popping up on Google's first page whenever someone googles vagina? Pun intended!)
Quote from: Ali on June 28, 2012, 08:14:42 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 28, 2012, 08:08:27 PM
I'd join in the joke but I'm prohibited from using that word; so I'll clam.
*high five* I do loves me a good pun.
FTR you're not prohibited from using the word vagina. You are encouraged to use the word vagina. But in positive ways. Saying "Not to be a vagina..." implies that vaginas are bad. That's counterproductive to our cause of reclaiming the word vagina for vagina-havers everywhere. Vagina! (I wonder how many times I have to say vagina before this thread starts popping up on Google's first page whenever someone googles vagina? Pun intended!)
Saying "Not to be a vagina" implies that one is being tongue-in-cheek, which is a whole other anatomical ballgame.
I happen to very much like the vagina. ;)
I like vaginas too, but I don't mind if someone says "don't be a vagina" or the like. If someone says "don't be a dick", I don't take it as derogatory towards penis'. Not in any real way that a guy should actually feel bad about. Sometimes I will say someone's being a "twat" because I like the sound of the word. The hard "t"s pack a lot of punch. ;D
LMAO. Twat is an awesome word. Noting to myself that I also need to say twat more.
Quote from: Beachdragon on June 28, 2012, 07:36:43 PM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on June 20, 2012, 02:35:25 AM
Quote from: Ali on June 19, 2012, 04:22:40 PM
"That's a lovely sweater you're wearing. It's sort of.....(pause for dramatic effect)....vagina colored."
"And that ceramic bowl has the most enchanting vagina shape."
Hey! You're having a bowl of ice cream! What flavor?
Cherry Vagina.
;D
Isn't that tautological?
Quote from: Sweetdeath on June 29, 2012, 03:14:11 AM
I happen to very much like the vagina. ;)
I would never have guessed. Well we have that and atheism in common at least.
Quote from: Ali on June 29, 2012, 04:14:48 AM
LMAO. Twat is an awesome word. Noting to myself that I also need to say twat more.
But not in a bad way, I assume,
Quote from: En_Route on June 29, 2012, 10:57:30 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on June 29, 2012, 03:14:11 AM
I happen to very much like the vagina. ;)
I would never have guessed. Well we have that and atheism in common at least.
Yes~ ;D
Am I just an old fart, or is this forum becoming obsessed with vaginas? Just asking. ;D
Quote from: OldGit on June 30, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
Am I just an old fart, or is this forum becoming obsessed with vaginas? Just asking. ;D
What's with the "or" in that sentence?
There seems to be an interest in vaginas being expressed at the moment but I suspect it's always there, just below the surface. I'm not sure about the use of "obsessed" either, it seems to have an irrational/unhealthy connotation. My working appraisal of the situation is you are indeed an old fart, the forum includes some vagina devotees, but not necessarily increasingly so. ;)
I think you took that a bit more seriously than I meant it. ;D
QuoteI think you took that a bit more seriously than I meant it. Grin
I suspect The Magic Pudding was being exactly as serious as you. (not very) He just honed his dry delivery to a fine edge. This can definitely be a problem with a written rather then verbal delivery.
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Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on June 29, 2012, 03:56:34 AM
I like vaginas too, but I don't mind if someone says "don't be a vagina" or the like. If someone says "don't be a dick", I don't take it as derogatory towards penis'. Not in any real way that a guy should actually feel bad about. Sometimes I will say someone's being a "twat" because I like the sound of the word. The hard "t"s pack a lot of punch. ;D
I am relieved than when you call me a dick you are in no way casting aspersions on my member of which I am inordinately protective.
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:45:25 PM
Quote from: OldGit on June 30, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
Am I just an old fart, or is this forum becoming obsessed with vaginas? Just asking. ;D
I agree - our daily intercourse is being infected by vaginas. Is there any way of blocking them?
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:45:25 PM
Quote from: OldGit on June 30, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
Am I just an old fart, or is this forum becoming obsessed with vaginas? Just asking. ;D
I agree - our daily intercourse is being infected by vaginas. Is there any way of blocking them?
You want a pussy block? I'd be afraid a thing like that would become permanent, like if you cock block someone so much that it discourages them.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on June 30, 2012, 09:50:56 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:45:25 PM
Quote from: OldGit on June 30, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
Am I just an old fart, or is this forum becoming obsessed with vaginas? Just asking. ;D
I agree - our daily intercourse is being infected by vaginas. Is there any way of blocking them?
You want a pussy block? I'd be afraid a thing like that would become permanent, like if you cock block someone so much that it discourages them.
Pussies are fine. They are soft and yielding. Vaginas on the other hand are clinical and dispassionate and apt to turn up in strident feminist treatises.
Quote from: En_Route on July 01, 2012, 11:11:24 AM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on June 30, 2012, 09:50:56 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:45:25 PM
Quote from: OldGit on June 30, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
Am I just an old fart, or is this forum becoming obsessed with vaginas? Just asking. ;D
I agree - our daily intercourse is being infected by vaginas. Is there any way of blocking them?
You want a pussy block? I'd be afraid a thing like that would become permanent, like if you cock block someone so much that it discourages them.
Pussies are fine. They are soft and yielding. Vaginas on the other hand are clinical and dispassionate and apt to turn up in strident feminist treatises.
Is it bad that this makes perfect sense to me?
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 01, 2012, 02:12:57 PM
Is it bad that this makes perfect sense to me?
No, I understood it too, altho my vagina disagrees with this assessment of it since it's never turned up stridently anywhere.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on July 01, 2012, 02:16:23 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 01, 2012, 02:12:57 PM
Is it bad that this makes perfect sense to me?
No, I understood it too, altho my vagina disagrees with this assessment of it since it's never turned up stridently anywhere.
It doesn't attend feminist conferences?
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on June 30, 2012, 09:50:56 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: En_Route on June 30, 2012, 07:45:25 PM
Quote from: OldGit on June 30, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
Am I just an old fart, or is this forum becoming obsessed with vaginas? Just asking. ;D
I agree - our daily intercourse is being infected by vaginas. Is there any way of blocking them?
You want a pussy block? I'd be afraid a thing like that would become permanent, like if you cock block someone so much that it discourages them.
This is becoming my favorite thread. ;)
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on July 01, 2012, 02:16:23 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 01, 2012, 02:12:57 PM
Is it bad that this makes perfect sense to me?
No, I understood it too, altho my vagina disagrees with this assessment of it since it's never turned up stridently anywhere.
I'm considering putting this is my signature line.
Quote from: Ali on July 03, 2012, 02:48:21 PM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on July 01, 2012, 02:16:23 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 01, 2012, 02:12:57 PM
Is it bad that this makes perfect sense to me?
No, I understood it too, altho my vagina disagrees with this assessment of it since it's never turned up stridently anywhere.
I'm considering putting this is my signature line.
That'll teach those idiots in Lansing, MI.