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Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Alas, Poor Testacles
We hardly knew him....
From the Anchoress, who made me laugh so hard it became life-threatening, I found this link to the saga of P-Day on campuses. A response to the dreaded onslaught of V-Day (a.k.a. the Dogma and Church of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues), the iconic figure of Testacles has been officially arrested for his offensive presence in the hallowed halls of the matriarchy. I guess what happend to Lawrence Summers is beginning to sink in:
But the Anchoress did. You will want to savor this, roll around in this and preserve this, but first, put down your drink before reading this:
From the Anchoress, who made me laugh so hard it became life-threatening, I found this link to the saga of P-Day on campuses. A response to the dreaded onslaught of V-Day (a.k.a. the Dogma and Church of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues), the iconic figure of Testacles has been officially arrested for his offensive presence in the hallowed halls of the matriarchy. I guess what happend to Lawrence Summers is beginning to sink in:
...when the College Republicans at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island rained on the celebrations of V-Day by inaugurating Penis Day and staging a satire called The Penis Monologues, the official reaction was horror. Two participating students, Monique Stuart and Andy Mainiero, have just received sharp letters of reprimand and have been placed on probation by the Office of Judicial Affairs. The costume of the P-Day “mascot” — a friendly looking “penis” named Testaclese, has been confiscated and is under lock and key in the office of the assistant dean of student affairs, John King.and:
The campus conservatives artfully (in the college sense of "artful") mimicked the V-Day campaign. They papered the school with flyers that said, “My penis is majestic” and “My penis is hilarious.” The caption on one handout read, “My Penis is studious.” It showed Testaclese reclining on a couch reading Michael Barone’s Hard America, Soft America.Admit it, that's hilarious. I guess the offense is that it is so funny, because the Vagina Monologues are morbidly serious. We must never, never laugh at the matriarchy. Remember that, should you wish to get your undergraduate degree.
But the Anchoress did. You will want to savor this, roll around in this and preserve this, but first, put down your drink before reading this:
Every year, in preparation for Valentine’s Day (V-day, or Vagina Day in politically correct, whack-a-doo feminist enclaves) various college campuses, community centers and umm, Unitarian churches prepare to use the occasion not to celebrate an early Christian Martyr, but to suggest that every woman is a martyr of sorts, a lone upholder of vaginal integrity, thrown into a tarpit of bubbling male lust and violence.and fear her battle-cry:
My non-queer, unagendized, non-inclusive, politically incorrect, focused warrior vagina could beat hell out of any other pansy-assed, whiney, mediocre, liberal vagina in the whole wide world! ...There is nothing, absolutely nothing, worse than a politically incorrect vagina and we must all respectfully admit that the Anchoress' vagina is just that. Next year Monique Stuart (see the first quote above) should counter with The Republican V-Day, featuring a Republican Vagina celebrating its victory. There would be fallen female bodies all over campus. If you think the Anchoress went over the top on this, you haven't encountered the scene of rampant feminist liberation these days. Forget "Take Back The Night" - now it's "Get Out The Scissors" and such lovely words such as these:
Fear me, liberals, fear The Vagina of Common Sense, The Vagina of Staggering Competence, The Vagina of Victory!
“Hello, my name is Mary Man-Hating-Is-Fun. I am 23 years old, and I am what a feminist looks like. Ever since I learned to embrace my feminist nature, I found great joy in threatening men's lives, flicking off frat brothers and plotting the patriarchy’s death. I hate men because they are men, because I see them for what they are: misogynistic, sexist, oppressive and absurdly pathetic beings who only serve to pollute and contaminate this world with war, abuse, oppression and rape.”One of the prominent feminists on the University of New Hampshire campus, which fostered the above bit of inhumane feminism is Whitney Williams. Hear her roar (these are excerpts from some columns she published in the campus newspaper):
". . . By existing as men, men directly aid in the oppression of women. Every time a man uses pornography, beats his wife or coerces a woman or dismisses or laughs at her, he is simultaneously denouncing her humanity and reaffirming his own. He does not just do this to amuse himself; her subjugation is a vehicle necessary for his continued existence."See? See? Do you get it now? No laughing at feminists! It is profoundly hurtful and denigrating, and serves to promote a hostile atmosphere on campus! And that is why Testacles must be imprisoned and his voice must not be heard. Here is another witless Whitneyism:
"'Good guys' in the patriarchy are harder to find than the Loch Ness monster in a desert. But according to many people I hear and talk to, 'good guys' are everywhere. . . . I am amazed continuously with the amount of forgiveness people are willing to grant men, as if the majority of rapes aren't committed by them, as if the majority of businesses aren't owned by them, as if they (sic) majority of pornography isn't consumed, produced, and profitable to them, and as if they aren't somehow affected by the extreme privilege granted to their gender class."Charming, isn't she? This reminds me so much of Nazi screeds against Jews that it's stomach-churning.
". . . Many women I know have been raped or coerced by 'good guys' like doctors, businessmen, fraternity boys, friends, fathers, brothers, husbands and lovers. 'Good guys' use pornography, condone others' use of it or don't speak out against it. 'Good guys'condescend (to) us in the classroom and school paper and laugh at our feminist agenda. 'Good guys' sit back and do nothing. . . . 'Good guys,' their 'good institutions' and 'good power' are the PROBLEM."
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As you know, I am for freedom of speech, especially on college campuses, for all sides of the spectrum. The one comment I have about this is, as a former roommate and fraternity brother of many who worked/wrote for the 'Dartmouth Review' (modeled after the National Review), I question how objectionable the P-Day PR campaign may have been. After seeing some of the tactics of the Dartmouth Review, it makes me wonder if the object of P-Day was to be informative in a contrarian manner, or was it intended to be offensive. Many times the goal of the Dartmouth Review was not to educate, but to ridicule and be offensive as possible. If, the tactics used at URI were close to some of what I saw in college, I dare say they may have 'had it coming.' I often defended the Review, but there were times they stepped WAY over the line.
But I will not pass judgment since the facts are few.
But I will not pass judgment since the facts are few.
Dingo,
Have you ever seen the V-Monologue stuff? A lot of women find it very objectionable. I do, and it's on several feminist grounds. I don't think the adult/minor sex thing is the message a feminist dialogue ought to send. I don't appreciate being told that the most important defining element of my identity is a segment of my anatomy.
I know you are for free speech. So am I. The problem is that these days any speech is always objectionable to some element or another on a campus. Once women started fainting on their couches all over the place, the war was on, which is why I quoted Whitney. She isn't that rare an article of college feminism run rampant nowdays.
I'd prefer that giant autonomous penises and vaginas weren't roaming college campuses, but if I were attending college now I'd probably be in Monique's place. Heck, I got quite a bit of flak for protesting against slave auctions as fraternity/sorority fundraisers when I was an undergrad, and I still think I was right for that.
You are right that sometimes conservatives deliberately choose to be offensive, but what about the other side of the coin? I think the intent here was to point out the double standard. I am no fan of men-should-stand-and-take-it-silently femiinism. It is not a workable proposition for a functioning society.
Have you ever seen the V-Monologue stuff? A lot of women find it very objectionable. I do, and it's on several feminist grounds. I don't think the adult/minor sex thing is the message a feminist dialogue ought to send. I don't appreciate being told that the most important defining element of my identity is a segment of my anatomy.
I know you are for free speech. So am I. The problem is that these days any speech is always objectionable to some element or another on a campus. Once women started fainting on their couches all over the place, the war was on, which is why I quoted Whitney. She isn't that rare an article of college feminism run rampant nowdays.
I'd prefer that giant autonomous penises and vaginas weren't roaming college campuses, but if I were attending college now I'd probably be in Monique's place. Heck, I got quite a bit of flak for protesting against slave auctions as fraternity/sorority fundraisers when I was an undergrad, and I still think I was right for that.
You are right that sometimes conservatives deliberately choose to be offensive, but what about the other side of the coin? I think the intent here was to point out the double standard. I am no fan of men-should-stand-and-take-it-silently femiinism. It is not a workable proposition for a functioning society.
Yes, I have seen the V-monologues, and no, I am not a fan of it. Just like the Dartmouth Review, I think some of it was offensive for the sake of being offensive. It is a tough line to draw, offensive for the sake of bringing forth a issue that needs to be discussed - or - offensive for the sake of being offensive. That is why I tend to err on the side of allowing as much freedom of speech as possible. I would probably end up defending the right of P-day if given all the facts, but I always have that nagging memory of some of the things I saw in college.
And no, I am not a 'men-should-stand-and-take-it-silently' fan either. Feminist with a 'women are equal to men' message I will support. Feminist with a 'men are the root cause of all evil and should be forced to sit down to pee' message will get as much support from me as Pat Robertson.
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And no, I am not a 'men-should-stand-and-take-it-silently' fan either. Feminist with a 'women are equal to men' message I will support. Feminist with a 'men are the root cause of all evil and should be forced to sit down to pee' message will get as much support from me as Pat Robertson.
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