Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Let's Talk

There are just some things we don't talk about.

I am crude. I like to make people uncomfortable. I search for those awkward, disgusting things and talk about them over the dinner table.

The sad thing is: this things sometimes are not so disgusting. They are just made that way.

For example, I talk about sex. A lot. Sex should be a natural part of people's lives. Don't hush me for talking about how I enjoy it. If you do, I will promise I will get louder.

Now auditions for the Vagina Monologues are coming up on my campus. It's my last year here. I am going to it. I am going to try out to perform, on stage, and talk about one of my favorite things....

Let's sit down and talk. Let's make a deal to not silence each other's stories, no matter how gross they may seem. Let's talk about sex, and what's healthy. Let's talk about our experiences, our life, our struggles. Let's gush over who we are dating, and complain about not having a love life. Let's stop making topics untouchable, unspeakable, unfamiliar.

And let's stop over joking over things that need to be taking seriously and start talking about those experiences:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eve-ensler/over-it_b_1089013.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

Friday, November 11, 2011

like OMG you DO have a PENIS

Men, Let's talk.

This is a note to the men who think that they have to remind everyone that they are a man.You all know that kind of guy. The guy that needs to point out that what he is doing is 'what men do.' "I don't care about your feelings because I am a man!!!" Yeah, right. Some of these men walk like this:

Okay, lets get real. You're kind of gross. Not wearing pink because it is a girl color is not showing your masculinity; it's showing your immaturity.

I was making out with a guy once, and if you know who I am, I'm kind of silly. So I licked his nipples. It's not like I licked his ass or anything. But he got sooo offended and told me he wasn't a girl and to never lick his nipples again. Now, I am a Women's Studies major and if you tell me to not do something because you aren't a certain gender...I'm gonna get a little peeved.

Men are not born to be strong, to not like their nipples licked, and to not wear pink. They are socialized that way.

And this goes both ways, I mean girls can do anything guys can and vice versa. I'm just so sick of guys being told to do stuff because it makes them more manly. "You're a man if you pick up the check." "You're a man if you send her flowers." "You're a man if..."

Let's do what we want to do, okay? Be human, not a man. The only thing that makes you a man is what's in your pants, not what you do!

Oh by the way, here's to the men and women that made it possible for me to blog about penises and cool feminism! Happy Veteran's Day!