It's a good thing I wore a cardigan, too, then.

[apocalypsos]

As soon as I sat down in Panera in my "Every time you see a rainbow God is having gay sex" shirt, a little girl and an old woman sat down at the next table. Okay, yeah, so maybe wearing this in public was a bad idea. I give, I give. *zips up sweater*

In the same vein, the sign outside a Florida theater showing a production of "The Vagina Monologues" changed the sign outside to "The Hoohaa Monologues" after a complaint. Bajingo and va-jay-jay were their next options on the list, I imagine. My favorite line is this one: The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler's award-winning international hit play, is an attempt to celebrate the vagina as an object of empowerment, rather than of shame. There's some way to go with that one, clearly. Yes, clearly. *eye roll*

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[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

That's almost as good as the Catholic website I saw once which had "vagina" as "v-----" as though it were a bad word and not, you know, the medical name for one of the female reproductive organs.

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I don't know... I'm sort of ridiculously amused by "The Hoohaa Monologues", personally. I may write that.

[medie]

*blinks*

Hoohaa? For serious?

...

Yeah, I got nothin'.

[medie]

Oh please cause I am verging on the edge of hysterical giggles and I might as well go on over y'know? *G*

[pushingyouaway.livejournal.com]

"Every time you see a rainbow God is having gay sex" shirt,


you? have the best wardrobe. ever.

*gives you cookies*

[triplemare.livejournal.com]

Better, I suppose than "noo-noo".

[schneestern.livejournal.com]

va-jay-jay, will never ever fail to crack me up.

[random-serious.livejournal.com]

The hoo ha monologues? That is ridiculous. And subverting.

[thalionar.livejournal.com]

meh...

to me, hoohah (or variant spellings) indicate about the same as hubbub or other assorted goings on.

now, if they called it the hoohoo monologues, I'd probably know what they meant, but would still be annoyed as all hell.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

I love that they went to "Hoo-ha monologues" instead of "V. Monologues" or "... Monologues"; I'm assuming that was the theater making a point.

[mel-b-angel.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have a few of those potentially-unsafe-for-public-consumption tees ... I always think I'm subversive enuf to rock it proudly most anywheres ... but mostly I chicken out!

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

Let's see, i dont have my copy of the Monologues handy, but ive been in it three times, so I should be able to come up with some other options:

pussycat
kitty
down there
pookie
poonani
pal
pish
sugar dish
coochie
cooter
honey pot
hot box
beaver
twat
ya ya
oopy
cunny
connie
muff
fanny
foxhole
peach
venus
snatch
very thing

...yeah, i collect them. it amuses me. :)

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

She said that it had made her niece ask her what a vagina was.

Does anybody else find this extremely suspicious?

I find it strange that a child who is old enough to read would not know the word "vagina." Also, did she question what "monologues" meant? Or any of the other words on the sign?

Furthermore, if the child legitimately is unfamiliar with the word, why would she assume it's a thing? It's impossible to tell from context (the _____ monologues) what part of speech the word is. It could easily be an adjective. So I find it extremely suspicious that the niece supposedly asked "What's a vagina?" instead of "What's 'vagina' mean?" or "What's that word? Vagina?"

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I find it strange that a child who is old enough to read would not know the word "vagina."

I don't. Given the right age, an abstinence-only education in their future, and the right family religion and I wouldn't be surprised if a kid never learned the word "vagina."

And if she did ask about the other words on the sign, I doubt any of them were as "offensive" as the biological term for one of her own body parts.

I see where you're going with what you're asking, though, and I've thought it was probably a bullshit call since the start. I mean, I thought everyone who's used to taking care of someone else's small child knew the phrase, "Ask your mother." Especially with something like that, because you have no freaking clue how the parents want to handle sex ed. (In my family they sidestep embarrassing questions in public by making sure you know about sex and all the curse words at an early age. Heh. It works, right? ;))

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

I guess I meant that it seemed strange that the girl would know what all the other words on the sign ("monologues" and "masquerade" at minimum from photos I've seen) meant and/or somehow singled out the word "vagina" to inquire about.

By the time most kids' reading skills are that good they've at least encountered the word once before, even with abstinence-only education.

True, the woman wouldn't have necessarily mentioned her niece asking about the meaning of the other words, but if they were in the car, how much time would she have to ask about all the words on the sign?

I suppose the scenario is possible, but I'm skeptical.