To be sure, not every iteration of vagina pride represents an unambiguous advancement for the feminist cause. It is a matter of dispute whether Eve Ensler’s twee flights of fancy about vaginas that smell like “snowflakes” are really good for the sisterhood. And whatever Greer was hoping for when she enjoined women to “boast of…their venery,” it is safe to say that it was not “vajazzling,” the modern trend of affixing crystals to the shaven pudendum.
One might reasonably argue that the occasional outburst of snowflakery is a tolerable price to pay for liberation. But Naomi Wolf would counsel against such complacency. In her new “biography” of the vagina, she warns that her subject is in danger of being trivialized by its cultural ubiquity. The vagina, properly understood, is, “part of the female soul” and the medium for the “meaning of life itself.” In order to free female sexuality from patriarchal calumny, pornographic distortion, and some of the damaging myths of second-wave feminism, it is essential, she argues, that women reclaim the “magic” of the vagina and restore it to its rightful place at “the center of the universe.”
Setyembre 11, 2012
"Forty-one years after Germaine Greer issued her infamous directive, the ladies seem to have complied."
What Greer said, leading off this NYRB review of Naomi Wolf's presumably idiotic book "Vagina: A New Biography" was: "Lady, love your cunt."
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What Greer said, leading off this NYRB review of Naomi Wolf's presumably idiotic book "Vagina: A New Biography" was: "Lad[ies], love your cunt[s]."
Lord knows I (and other guys) do.
The problem here is simple, Althouse.
To gin up support for what were really minor reforms in the West, feminists compared their campaign to that of blacks seeking to end Jim Crow.
Thus, was born the stupifyingly hyperventilated rhetoric that continues to this day.
Pussy pride?
That's even weirder than Gay Pride.
Alright..no argument here.
"Lady, love your c*nt."
I can tell you exactly how to start.
"In order to free female sexuality from patriarchal calumny, pornographic distortion, and some of the damaging myths of second-wave feminism, it is essential, she argues, that women reclaim the “magic” of the vagina and restore it to its rightful place at “the center of the universe.”"
Oh.
So, let me get this right - at the "center of the universe" lies the right of the owner of the vagina to kill off her unborn child at will.
I mean, at the heart of it, that is the "Castle Keep" of feminism, isn't it?
Good God ! What tripe !
patriarchal calumny
Also columny.
Nothing's sadder than an abandoned vagina costume.
Compare and contrast.
Emailers to Rush, when Rush was once showing a vagina candy sent by some women's studies department
"Rush, you're holding it upside-down."
Body individuates and isolates people.
Soul arises by contrast, and is the relation to others.
That being the grammar of soul, she might not want to attach it to vagina, not that it's entirely wrong -- there are probably insights to be gotten -- but it seems to oppose her plan.
So, I went to the NYRB Review and, surprising, the review was generally dismissive (although I have to confess, I didn't finish reading it. Reading someone else's review of someone else's book on their "mystical" vagina is surprisingly tiresome).
"warns that her subject is in danger of being trivialized"
*snicker*
For American women, the "war on women" is about whether a 21st century feminist should be responsible for her own birth control.
Women throw themselves at men. Just about all of them do. To include queers ... throwing themselves at men, I mean.
"Wolf, who has always understood feminism to be a spiritual cause"
Yet another devout Athiest.
Cunt, love your laddy.
"...restore it [the vagina] to its rightful place at “the center of the universe.”
I put it there about 1965. Took me about 20 years to realize it was just another (albeit spectacular) galaxy.
Sheesh, my vagina said it's all ready to tackle patriarchal calumny, but someone's else vagina is going to have to do the heavy lifting on pornographic distortion and damaging myths.
Sheesh, my vagina said it's all ready to tackle patriarchal calumny, but someone's else vagina is going to have to do the heavy lifting on pornographic distortion and damaging myths.
Naomi Wolfe wrote, " it is essential, she argues, that women reclaim the “magic” of the vagina and restore it to its rightful place at “the center of the universe.”
Gee, and all I ever believed was the G_d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, AKA the Creator, redeemed the world through the life, death and resurrection of his Eternal Son.
Mama never told me there was a Vagina at the center of the universe.
Yeah, I guess Christians, we be crazy!
So if there is a Magic emitting Vagina at the center of the universe then fellatio must be blasphemy.
Or something.
"In order to free female sexuality from patriarchal calumny, pornographic distortion, and some of the damaging myths of second-wave feminism, it is essential, she argues, that women reclaim the “magic” of the vagina and restore it to its rightful place at “the center of the universe.”"
I would take it to mean the opposite of what she is actually saying. There is nothing magical about the twat except that from it our future babies are born. That is the only way it is the center of our universe and in any way magical. And it's that function that many feminists want to remove women from.
I'm now going to say something sexist. With that function women are beyond special. Without that function women are lesser men. The weaker sex, anything they can do men can do,only men can do it with with more strength and drive. (there are of course exceptions to the rule). I don't know why so many women try to run from that which makes them so unique and necessary and instead try to come across like men.
This is also not to say that women can ONLY give birth. Only, if they make it part of their emancipation that THE most important thing about them is actually a shackle to their own freedom they are doing themselves and other women a great disservice.
I agree with Naomi, actually. Not with her political agenda, at all. But with her acclamation of vagina as the center of the world. I mean, come on, have none of you read history.
Wolf reads like a junkie extolling the virtues of pure dope. Ennui indeed.
Oh, ho, ho, it's magic
You know
Never believe its not so
So how come she didn't dress Al Gore in pink?
Seriously, she should take up ventriloquism, paint a face on it and single handedly bring back vaudeville. Maybe get her asshole
to throw in a S'Awright every now and then.
There are two links in this post. The first is
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/sep/27/pride-and-prejudice/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September+11+2012&utm_content=September+11+2012+CID_f181ad95d3d593337a486d62102a8098&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=Pride+and+Prejudice
which could be shortened to
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/sep/27/pride-and-prejudice
The second is
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061989169?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0061989169&linkCode=xm2&tag=althouse-20
which could be shortened to
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061989169
Down with absurdly crufty links!
Who can forget the consequences of Helen whoring around.
That was before contraceptives.
How grand to live in a society that rewards effort, even an effort like this one.
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