Just in case we don’t have enough things on this blog about the v-word, I’ve been wandering around for weeks in a daze after reading about the following case:
A theatre in Florida, deciding to change the name of the play to “Hoohaa Monologues” during its run there, ran up against opposition from the play’s organizers, a group of Florida Coastal School of Law students. Although the law students (perhaps quite rightly) claim that they only had rights to the play if they didn’t censor its content, one of their leaders then offered this stunning elaboration of their position:
“‘We are not allowed to censor anything because the whole play is about being a woman, about telling certain women’s stories. V– is the essence of a woman, and if you’re going to suppress the name, then you’re suppressing us as women,’ said play organizer Elissa Saavedra.”
“V– is the essence of a woman”??? Hmm, well, I’m glad I didn’t hear that one before I was old enough to laugh . . . or cry.
Alan Schmierer
i think “hoohaa” is more offensive than vagina.