C U Next Tuesday
Fanny, minge, vajayjay, pussy, down there, yoni...There are hundreds, if not thousands, of terms in the English language for vaginas. Many of them are sexist and most are rather unhelpful. But none is as taboo, as frowned upon in high and low society, as much of an assault on the average upstanding citizen’s ears as “c*nt.” What’s up with that? What did c*nt ever do to you? In this episode, we answer those burning questions with the help of Fiona Sterling, bona fide Scottish person, and Professor Emma L.E. Rees, AKA Prof Vag.
Sources & Further Reading
The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History by Emma Rees (Book)
Kilpeck Church Sheela na gig (Image)
“‘A Nasty Name for a Nasty Thing’: A History of Cunt” (Article, Whores of Yore)
“Vulvanomics: how we talk about vaginas” by Emma Rees (Article, Times Higher Education)
“Low wenches and slatternly queans: On derogation of WOMEN TERMS” by Bożena Kochman-Haładyj (Academic Article)
“The semantic derogation of woman” by Muriel R. Schulz (1998, Chapter in The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader)
“OE and ME cunte in place-names” by Keith Briggs (Academic Article)
Teeth by Michael Lichtenstein (2007, Film)
Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven (1992, Film)
f/32: The Second Coming by Eurydice (Book)
