i think girls everywhere should wear i my vagina buttons





WINONA, Minn. - The off-Broadway hit "The Vagina Monologues" has gotten two high school students into trouble.



The students were admonished for wearing buttons inspired by the show that say "I (heart) My Vagina."


The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has offered to help students fight any consequences from their actions.


The trouble started last month after student Carrie Rethlefsen saw Eve Ensler's play about female sexuality and sexual violence against women. Rethlefsen and fellow student Emily Nixon soon began wearing the buttons.


"We can't really find out what is inappropriate about it," Rethlefsen, 18, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. "I don't think banning things like that is appropriate."


As a show of support, more than 100 students have ordered T-shirts bearing "I (heart) My Vagina" for girls and "I Support Your Vagina" for boys.


Principal Nancy Wondrasch said some in school find the buttons offensive.


"We support free speech," she said. "But when it does infringe on other people's rights and our school policies, then we need to take a look at that."

Vagina sounds so...so...it make me think of a bushy one.

analbolique said:

have you seen "The Vagina Monologues" ?

I must admit, I feel sorry for the principal. It's hardly wrong to not want people walking around the school wearing badges saying 'I luv my vagina'. It's like anti-PC gone mad, an overeaction against an overeaction.

Oh dear!

Fauxie said:

Mach said:

No, but a ban for the word vagina is definitely justified because it makes me think of those furry creatures.

analbolique said:

Damn, I wish I were young again. So full of misplaced passion and psuedo intelligence based on books, plays and music ingested by a receptive and naive mind.

Rock on! Down with people who don't think walking around with 'I luv my vagina' on their chest is cool!

if i were one of their classmates, i'd get some buttons made that declare my love for other body parts. "i heart my spleen", "i heart my epiglottis", "i heart my uvula", etc. i'm not sure if it would be an act of support or an act of parody, but that's what i'd do. maybe i should write "the uvula monologues".

Anxiety said:

"I heart my rectum"?

Fauxie said:

"you rectum, we fixed 'em"