My Vagina Monologue
Earlier this week, three upstate new york high school students were suspended from school for a day for reading an excerpt from "The Vagina Monolgues" at their school's open mike night. Now before everyone gets on their soapbox and defends these girls right to free speech, understand why they were suspended. They had to clear whatever they were reading with the school's principle and he did with the caveat that they weren't going to use the word Vagina. Well, they used the word Vagina (and yes I will capitalize the V in Vagina for the rest of this post, because I believe Vagina to be very important) and they are now paying the price for it.
Now I have seen the play about "The Vagina Monolgues" believe me Vagina is mentioned alot so you really can't get around using it if you are going to talk about it. I was hoping that the principle could have come up with alternate words for the girls. Instead of Vagina say, "Ladybits" or "twat" or my ATF "pussy!" Would that have been better?
But I am not here to defend these girls, they have every right to be suspended by the school on grounds of insubordination. In fact checking on the link above will take you to video of these girls getting interviewed, and they are sooooo proud of themselves, you would think that they invented the word Vagina. Girls...please don't allow the press to blow smoke up your Vaginas and try to make you the poster girls for first amedments rights. Worse things are done in school everyday.
Update: It seems that their suspensions have been postponed and the author of "The Vagina Monolgues" is coming to the school to speak to all the kids. Great, what is she going to tell the kids, "Vagina...for lack of a better word...is good". I think most of them know that already.
