Maybe I really only love strippers when they're good and angry. It's not that I don't *like* them at other moments-- but there's something truly heady about catching a (former) stripper in a delicious moment of righteous indignation. Case in point.
Once again, Chelsea G. has hit the nail on the head about why I-- and others-- find the insipid euphemism "va-jay-jay" truly repugnant. Really, ladies. There are just better words! Hell, I've even got one of the best right up there in that shimmeringly punny Eleni Sikelianos quotation in this blog's title banner. In fact, here's a colorful list! Yes, the offensive moniker is included in this list, along with several other cheesy, annoying ones, but there's also a healthy mix of sexier ones. Knock yourselves out. Profane on, my sisters!
Now, it should come as no surprise that I'm incredibly comfortable with the word "vagina." But really, what gives about this impulse to dumb down, demystify and sanitize female genitalia? Especially with a word that has rapidly become such a favorite amidst my own gender? Honestly, no self-respecting MAN would ever call one (especially one he was desirous of penetrating) by such an effacing nickname. And if some guy ever tells me I have a pretty va-jay-jay, you can bet he ain't ever seeing it...ever...again! (Yes, that's both advice and a threat.)
Jen had a great post on this very topic on her old, now-defunct blog... and I'd link to it because she's every bit as pissed off and resplendent as Chelsea G. is... but alas, it seems to have disappeared into the great information ether. Sad.
Jen, mon cheri, care to reprise your wise and witty assertions?
Goddamn it. It's really no wonder why I get so damn many hits from people looking for porn. I'm sure I'm a sad, sad, SAD disappointment!
NB: I did not mean to suggest that Jen is like Chelsea G. in that she is a former stripper, but rather, only that she is equally effulgent when feeling incendiary. Not that she couldn't be a stripper if she felt like it... and not that she feels like it... Shit. I'm digging myself a huge hole. (Ha! I didn't really intend that pun, but now that it's here, I'm happy to see it.) Ugh. Sorry.
2 comments:
Actually, M, I think maybe I should turn to stripping, as I'm not good at anything else it seems! Now, while I do love the list of alternative names, I do object to the erm, how do I say this... the ones that refer to any sort of meat-- I am a vegetarian, after all!! Yeah, sorry, can't find the old post... but I definitely recall being highly incensed about the word 'va-jay-jay'... what is that, some kind of bird?
For what it's worth, I'd watch you strip!
I got some singles to pay the valet parkers here at this lovely hotel here in godforsaken Columbus, OH... and I'd be happy to donate them to your cause, rather than theirs!
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