OK, this? Right here? Cracked my shit up.
That story was fantastic! An adult, working in education, not only hasn’t heard the phrase “finding your niche,” but thinks it’s profane? And substitutes a profane-sounding non-word instead? Simply awe-inspiring stupidity.
Thanks for that one, Birdmonster!
What does that have to do with it? If they’re reading from it, they should read it as written.
Callous? Sensibilities? Are you kidding me? Couldn’t the school have printed a big XXX on the program? :rolleyes: If anyone was surprised by it, that’s the school’s fault; not the girls’.
What audience are you referring to? The one that HAS vaginas or the one the COVETS them?
The administration is behaving like a bunch of snickering 10 year old boys.
There’s no shortage of acceptable alternatives over at Muffy’s World of Vagina Euphemisms . Let’s see here… they could have done:
The Axe Wound Monologues? Nah, too gory…
The Bearded Taco Monologues. An oldie, but a goodie.
The Beefgina Monologues? That may be a little too close to the original.
The Boy in the Boat Monologues, although more a reference to the clit, and not the whole flesh wallet.
The Moose Knuckle Monologues? Too much of a stretch, I think.
The Oval Office Monologues. We may have a winner with this one.
The Sugar Walls Monologues, with tribute to Prince and Sheena.
The Wide Papaya Smile Monologues?
The Winkin’ Pink Brownie Cake Monologues?
So many choices. Those kids really have no excuse for using the “V” word.
My pleasure. To give you some sense of closure, Horrible Woman would later lose her job for (I shit you not) lifting up girl’s skirts WITH A RULER outside a school dance because she was afraid they might be wearing thongs. Yes, in order to protect impressionable eyes from erotic undies, she…exposed those undies. (Needless to say, this was back during the “Thong Song” days when Sisqo’s lovely ballad was everywhere.)
She was demoted…to kindergarten teacher.
Thank, Lute, that was an interesting read. And I get what he’s saying, and don’t entirely disagree with it in theory. There are actually things I wouldn’t want to bring my younger kid to see or hear unprepared (vagina isn’t one of them, but there are others) So I get what he’s saying and why the decision was made.
I just also get why the girls did what they did, and why the other students are now doing what they’re doing (protesting). I’m just actually pleased as punch, 'cause I get the whole drama and what’s going on, and everyone is playing exactly the role they should. Learning to fight Da Man - whee! Man, it gives me hope for the future, really it does. I was getting worried for a couple of decades there that the wussification of our kids was complete. I’m glad there’s still some spunk out there.
I’m probably coming off as sarcastic, but that’s really not how I feel. I’m literally grinning here.
I did RTFA, and like Kalhoun said above,
I absolutely agree, if you agree to do/say (or not do/say) something, you need to honor that. And if they have to deal with a consequence of that I don’t have a problem with it. However, to tell them in the first place that they can’t say VAGINA because there might be children or parents in the audience is just ridiculous. Is there something wrong with teaching children the medically appropriate term for a body part? The taboo attached to the word comes from people like this who treat it differently than the word “arm” or “neck” or “toe” or any other body part.
The time to settle this was before the event, it seems the school was cutting some slack by allowing excerpts to be read other than just ruling it out. Terms were agreed to. The presentors then blatantly violate that agreement, as the word did not 'slip out", it was vocalized by all three at the same time according to the article linked to in the OP:
This would indicate a planned intent to violate the agreement. I believe the intended audience is an issue, and while a presentation of the play may have been acceptable, for the audience which would knowingly attend such a production, at a variety type show with an audience not expecting it, totally inappropriate.
I suspect the result of this incident is that in the future it will be much more difficult for controversial material to even be considered by administration. For administration, taking the easy was out is easier and safer that to take the chance of being blind-sided by a sneak attack. While I personally suspect this was more a high school stunt than an earnest social statement by the participants, even if it was in earnest it was poorly thought out and probably did more damage than good. JMO of course.
Menage A Trois. Or “Snatches Of Conversation”.
So what were they supposed to say? Were they expected to omit that line (in unison), omit just the word, or substitute the word for something else?
“My short skirt is a liberation flag in the women’s army. I declare these streets, any streets, my cooter’s country.”
Yikes! It’s funny that you say that, because I was just commiserating with another parent about the crappy, unpleasant kindergarten teachers our children have had.
From the articles, I get the feeling that they only said vagina once. Once!?!!
Oh my Og, you can hear much worse in commercials. And I’m not sure I’m remembering correctly, but don’t you know the proper terms for genitals by about age 10? If so, any younger kids probably wouldn’t even pay attention, or if they did, be nonchalant in your explanation and everyone moves on. Folks that’re older, need to grow up. Even the religiously inclined should be able to listen to a word ONE time that over half the population of the world owns. Good grief.
But to the girls… Y’all rock! Keep up the good fight, enjoy your suspension and notoriety and continue to do your part to educate the “La la la , I can’t hear you.” crowd.
Again, not even twice huh? :rolleyes:
Any first names happen to be “Rita”? If so, homeschool them. Or just hope they catch up in 1st grade.
Except that the idea of the entire performance (not just the reading from The Vagina Monologues) was not intended to be a “XXX” program. It was supposed to be all-ages appropriate. Now, personally, I don’t think there’s anything “child inappropriate” about the word “vagina,” and I don’t have any respect for the attitude that finds the word “vagina” to be offensive or inappropriate. However, the school administration is still going to have to deal with parents who feel that way, and I can appreciate their desire just not to have to deal with the complaints that would be generated by letting the reading go unexpurgated. The girls wanted to make a statement, and I fully support that, but the way in which they made that statement pretty much screwed the administration and dragged it into a fight it wanted no part of, so they’re going to have to take their lumps over that.
I’m thinking that calling it “Open Mic Night” isn’t exactly the right phrase for it.
[Paul Harvey]
At the local school there was to be a performance of a play, although it’s title remained a mystery. A mother, thinking her young child, could use some local culture, decided to take the young boy to the play. All seemed fine until one of the performers said a word that was then repeated several times. Although a bit taken aback and somewhat concerned for he young impressionable child she decided to keep an open mind. She did not discuss it at all with the boy, thining it better not to make a big deal of it. At the time the boy was not sure what was going on. But later on he learned the meaning of the word and the memories from that night at the school play welled up inside of him many different feelings of resentment which would change the direction of his life into the dark and into the infamous.
That word was “Vagina” and that young boy was Osama Bin Laden.
And now you know the rest of the story.
[/Paul Harvey]
Could someone please explain to me why we need to protect children and “unsuspecting” adults from an anatomical term?
I understand why the girls in question did what they did (and I applaud them for it). I understand why they were suspended, in a sense - I have no doubt the official discipline report says something about insubordination or whatnot.
I don’t understand why it was an issue in the first place. Would it be an issue if someone wanted to use the word “penis” in a monologue? How about “breast”?
I was being sarcastic. Simply printing “Susie & Friends will be doing a reading from The Vagina Monologues” would have been warning enough (I’m still trying to wrap my brain around why someone would need a warning for that particular word, though).
The school should be thanking them for the opportunity for the administration to grow a pair of testicles (can I type that out loud?) and stand up to ignorant parents who would have a problem with it. The pussification of America is just so damn frustrating!
I wonder what they did to the football coach who quoted Shakespeare.