You know Inga Muscio, right? Well, she said something like, 'If you will be so kind, say »vagina« out loud a few times. Strip away the meaning and listen solely to the phonetic sound. It resonates from the roof of your mouth. A ‘vagina’ could be an economy car: That’s right, Wanda! Come within five hundred dollars of the actual sticker price, and you’ll win this! A brand new Chrysler Vagina! Or a rodent: Next on Prairie Safari, you’ll see a wily little silver-tailed vagina outwit a voracious pair of ospreys. Say ‘cunt’ out loud, again stripping away the meaning. The word resonates from the depths of your gut. It sounds like something you definitely don’t want to tangle with in a drunken brawl in a dark alley.'
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