A group of students can’t use the word “Vagina” to empower women via the “Vagina Monologues,” but a bagel company can use it to sell their wares?
Yet again, I am confused. Can someone help me out with this one?
Thanks to Ad Freak for this one.
A group of students can’t use the word “Vagina” to empower women via the “Vagina Monologues,” but a bagel company can use it to sell their wares?
Yet again, I am confused. Can someone help me out with this one?
Thanks to Ad Freak for this one.
Plus: What you need to know before volunteering abroad and excerpts from She's Shameless!
Save time and money. Get Shameless delivered straight to your door.
Sign up for e-mails about big Shameless news and events. We won’t give out or sell your address to anyone.
Shameless is an independent magazine with a very small budget. In addition to purchasing a subscription or back issues, you can support us through donations.
Digg
Facebook
del.icio.us
three comments
Because stuff like this is so easily faked, I figured it wasn't actually real. But apparently it is. Turns out River City Bagels is a proud sponsor of the local production of the Vagina Monologues. The ad is missing an explanatory line by mistake.
Manager Sri Galindo isn't all that bothered by the mistake. "The only thing Id feel bad about is if it really offended people, but they learned that word in health class!"
Posted by Wesley
March 12, 2007, 12:43 PM
That's fantastic, Wesley.
Of course, this ad lends itself to all sorts of bagel/vagina jokes, but I'm still very, very happy to see the word Vagina being used, a la Melinda's need to "wander into that high school and start screaming at the top of my lungs, 'VAGINA, CUNT, PUSSY, SNATCH!'"
Posted by Stacey May
March 12, 2007, 3:18 PM
a bagel is made with flour
but a vagina is the flower of a maid
don't forget it!
Posted by terry
March 15, 2007, 1:19 PM
Leave a comment
This blog post is older than 90 days old. All comments submitted regarding this post will be automatically held for review by the editors before posting. Your comment will not appear on the site until it has been approved.
Our comment policy
Shameless prides itself on the diversity of opinions expressed by our writers, and we encourage and appreciate different points of view. Our intention at Shameless is to foster community and to maintain a safe and positive blogging environment; we do not consider it our duty to give a voice to anybody with an opinion.
Discussion on this site is moderated. We will delete comments that:
(We get to decide what's discriminatory, hateful, attacking, or inflammatory).
In some cases, we will cap off comments on a discussion when we feel they are spiralling out of control and fostering an unwelcoming space for bloggers and readers. Comments will be closed by the Web Editor, unless the post is by the Web Editor, in which case the Editor in Chief will close them.
If your comments repeatedly make the same point, they may be deleted. This also applies to comments made by multiple members of the same organization.
Your comments should be about the topic of the post, not its writer—although we certainly encourage praise for our writers, if you want to say something nice.