Feminist Friday: Vagina is Not a Bad Word

If you read the title of this post and it put a smile on your face, made you nod in enthusiastic agreement, or displayed any other kind of awesome agreement then I am so happy we're on the same page. However, if you saw the word "vagina" and shied away from it, then listen up, because this post is definitely for you.

Vagina is not a bad word.

It's not dirty, vulgar, uncivilized, inappropriate or in any other way unacceptable. It's the technical term for a female's genitalia. Just as penis is the same for a male's. This is not news people -we all learned this in school. And if you didn't then I suggest you evacuate your childhood town (if you haven't already) and never raise children there. Genitalia is a part of the body an everybody's got it, so there's no reason to get embarrassed or nervous about it. And you especially shouldn't feel uncomfortable coming out and saying "vagina."

Of course the same goes for penis, but that's not something we as a culture seem to have a problem with. The word is thrown around pretty willy-nilly, as is its synonym, dick. We call people dicks all the time, tell people to stop dicking around, jokingly tell our friend to suck our dicks. (Yes, my lovely readers, I am really going down this route, so stick with me.) Substitute a female parts into that and people start to get offended, confused, and uncomfortable. Unless, of course, you're trying to insult someone by calling them a pussy, but that's another topic that I will most certainly get into in another post. Quick preview though: likening someone to a woman (read: calling them a pussy) when they are being "weak" or in any way incapable is insulting to women and not acceptable ever. 

Anyways, as I was saying. Try calling someone a vagina and see what happens. Tell them to stop vagina-ing around. It sounds silly to say, but why? We've made light of male reproductive organs, so why not a woman's as well? Although, I will admit, I've seen a lot of lovely feminists on the internet who say "suck my clit" a lot and that seems to be catching on a bit, which I am in full support of. I never got why females say "suck my dick." It doesn't make any sense to me, but maybe someone can enlighten me?

Whatever, the point of the matter is, no one should feel embarrassed about saying vagina. And no one should shame someone for saying it. It's not even a slang word -that's it's actual name. So when you hear it, don't cringe, don't look at your feet, and don't pretend that you don't know what a vagina is or what it does. We all came out of one, so get over it.



When it comes down to it, it's a part of your body (unless your male, in which case it's not, but you know what I mean) and your body is never anything to feel ashamed or uncomfortable about.

Gypsy Dreaming Part 3

I have been seriously been struck by the wanderlust arrow. All I want to do is get a van, swath it in bright fabrics, stock up on tea, and take off to travel the country. I want to read cards for people and hoop on the street. I want to have bonfires on the beach, collect treasures in the woods, make jewelry to sell and read books about magick until the wee hours of the night. Is that too much to ask?

I came across this lovely blog a week or two ago, The Sacred life of Rain, and I was immediately blown away by the way she uses words to express the things that lurk in her soul. I related immediately. The first post I came across was Wild Gypsy Soul which while reading I felt my heart would burst. It's exactly how I feel and haven't been able to put into words. 

"As long as I remain divorced from my feminine soul and the wild gypsy who lives in the breath of my being, I remain only half-alive, colorless, one-dimensional."

Talk about my life. I feel heartbreakingly incomplete with my wild gypsy self locked up under school, work, and other "real Life" obligations. She doesn't understand the importance of paying rent or getting a paycheck. I can't make her see why we must stay put for now. She doesn't care about my degree or minimum wage pay. I can't really blame her. Sometimes I don't understand any of it either.

I am rambling at this point I think. But does anyone else feel like this? Or am I losing everyone?

August Goals

July was a fantastic month and I'm hoping August will be just as great. I suspect it won't be as busy but there's a nice appeal in slowing life down for the last month of summer. I will be starting my new job which will add a schedule to my life (I really haven't had one all summer, I've just been doing thins on a whim for the most part) and limit my adventures a bit. I guess that's the downfall of having a job. I'm already not sure I like it, haha. I have a major wanderlust itch though so staying still never sounds like fun. I really can't wait to graduate and have a bit more freedom to move around. I would really love to travel the country a bit.

Anyways, this is my list of goals for August. I'll check back at the end of the month and see how much I actually got done. Last month I did pretty good so I'm going to try to keep the ball rolling.

Get 2 more chapters of Runaway written.

Make a serious dent in my reading list.

Work on my art journal more.

Update the blog with 2 tarot posts.

Hoop hoop hoop!

Purge and organize the entire house.

Update both shops more than once.

Practice my Italian for next semester.

None of that should prove to be too hard. Sure, having a job takes away a bunch of my free time, but I anticipate reading and writing on my breaks. There's a tv in the break room but I really dislike watching television. there's rarely anything on interest on and I think commercials are highly obnoxious. I have no desire to be bombarded by advertisements telling me how terrible my life is if I don't do or buy certain things.  Haha, sorry if I offended any tv-watchers out there. It's just not for me.

What are your goals for the month?