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Thursday, February 06, 2003 @ 2:45 PM
I'm getting so psyched about U-High Teen Institute Day. I feel a little weird about any situation where I'm presumed to A.) be an adult and B.) know something... I feel like Josh would be somehow more qualified to lead that workshop than I would... I'm going to have to get over the guilt though. I was the one who was asked, and I am going to give one hell of a workshop. =)
So, for about an hour today, I sold chocolate vaginas to benefit The Vagina Monologues. This was my sales pitch: "Buy a Chocolate Vagina and Help End Violence Against Women! Support ISU's Vagina Monologues and the Feminist Majority! Only $1!" Then Levi came buy, and suggested we not tell people what the chocolates were in our sales pitch. So we sort of said, "Buy some chocolate and help end violence against women!" But that definitely didn't help us sell them. We had a lot more luck when we just yelled "Chocolate Vaginas!" But... this woman came by (who looked like Renata's mom, but wasn't, thankgod) and told us that we had offended the faculty. Yeah. Then said faculty went and sicced the ISU police on us. Well, they tried. The guy was actually like, "You guys are doing The Vagina Monologues? That's super! I saw them in Chicago! ...Yeah, so, um... some people are upset, they want you to tone it down." I *heart* that guy, but it really upsets me how conservative the town is. A vagina is a body part, like any other. Women shouldn't have to be ashamed of having vaginas. Men aren't ashamed to have penises. (At least, the ones I've met aren't.) Men are proud of their equipment. Why do you think they associate their testicles with courage? Hmmm?
There's so many things that make me angry with this town. Like how The Pantagraph has to use euphemisms in its obituaries, and won't print birth announcements of babies born to lesbians. I'm waiting for the outraged liberal community to rise to action and smote them down (or at least step on small fluffy things). I guess protests are hard to organize, but at least someone could write an angry letter or something.
I should say that for all the people who were disgusted, there were a few people who just marched right up to the table and said, "I'd like a giant chocolate cunt." To those precious few, and to all the repressed women of the world, I would like to say, "Have a great day, and Enjoy Your Vaginas!"
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