Why won't Todd Oldham make me a vagina?!
Also, I LOVE Amy Sedaris.
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Vagina couture. Rad.
Don't you mean vulva couture?
Just a heads-up to the OP--better post a transcript or a link to somewhere else where this is posted, because 'currently our video library can only be streamed within the US' (sayeth Hulu :-)) So non-US readers are out of the discussion :-)
I assume this is the one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uZDVjO10Pk
The love the Sedaris'. =]
It's nice to see a positive clip from Chelsea Lately on this website. I thought that the first clip from Chelsea Lately that would be posted on this website would be criticzed.
but anyway, Amy Sedaris was really funny on that episode.
You have no idea how happy I am to see non-douche cleansing. Yay for Amy Sedaris!!!
I heart Amy Sedaris :) That was so frickin' funny! And informative too!
I heart Amy Sedaris :) That was so frickin' funny! And informative too!
Ironic, because right now I'm making a vulva plushie.
Ironic that I see this now, since I'm making a vulva plushie.
Ironic that I see this now, because right now I'm making a vulva plushie.
Damn triple posting! Sorry!
I watch Chelsea Lately every night and usually get a lot of laughs out of it, but I remember this one specifically (how could you forget?) and I didn't stop laughing the entire time. I love how un-phased Amy is by the whole thing ... and Chelsea. I've never seen her speechless for so long.
By far the best guest she's had thus far.
Who else cringed at the thumbtacking? Totally got a sympathetic "OW!" out of me.
Chelsea pulled out the vulva when talking to Perez Hilton last week when confronting his rumor that she had cosmetic surgery on her vulva. She even used the proper terms for stuff instead of saying "starfish." It was pretty awesome. How many people can say they have a designer vagina signed by Amy Sedaris?
Here's a link:
http://jezebel.com/5131151/handler-smacks-down-hilton-for-rumors-about-her-hoo+ha
Huh. I thought you weren't supposed to clean your vagina like that, especially not with soap. I thought it threw off the pH. But I guess if it's in Our Bodies, Ourselves it can't be bad.
Anyhow, I don't see the point. I think I taste and smell fine natural and that this is kinda negative towards the vag. I really don't like how she says we should spray our vaginae to smell like coconuts or whatever she said... :S
I thought Amy was specifically referring to the felt-esque Oldham vadge. That Chelsea could spray THAT with pineapple, etc.?
Yeah, I agree with nome. I mean, I think Amy Sedaris is hilarious and I'm a big fan of her's and yes, I did laugh at this, but it was negative towards vaginas. The whole idea of womyn being dirty, needing to clean and the vagina being gross was just perpetuated by this. The idea of vaginas not being clean (which has a long history, especially because of male dominated religions) is just another facet of misogyny. I'm pretty surprised that feministing would post this.
I started to go there when the thumbtacks first came out -- vicious mistreatment of genitalia as humor? really?? -- but eventually it became fairly clear that it was a parody of vaginal cleanliness regimens, as a critique on the practice.
I can't watch the video - does she actually suggest cleaning your vagina with soap, or just your vulva?
Same here. I've had doctors advise me not to use soap anywhere near the vagina, much less "up in the folds."
It was funny, but annoying to me. Both the comments about the elderly and the vagina cleansing. And the Land o' Lakes "squaw." Didn't quite get it. I don't think it's really the best attempt at "satire."
HILARIOUS! My stomach actually hurt from laughing so hard.
My boyfriend and I loved this video post!
Ditto. Join the Sedaris cult down below.
To respond to the title:
Have you asked? =)
Seriously? She was just using soap on the outer areas there. She didn't mention a douche, or penetrating yourself with a bar of soap. I don't think it's "negative toward vaginas" to say that hey, you should wash your privates like the rest of your body. I'm sure the inside does just fine on its own, but humans are dirty. No matter their gender. Guys should be expected to wash their dicks, too. Even if it requires, oh my god, touching your body and moving stuff.
I suppose you can disagree with the "humans are dirty" bit, but I really don't think the parts she said to wash are much removed from any other washing.
This was a satirical representation of 'vaginal cleanliness' routines. She was parodying a Martha Stewart-esque approach to vaginal cleanliness routines. Didn't you notice that Sedaris pinned back the labia with thumbstacks and said that, at home, she usually uses a staple-gun? She 'pulled back the hood.' Did you think she was actually serious when she suggested these cleaning routines?
Wow. I can't believe people didn't get that it was satire.
Just a heads up - Sedaris doesn't think you should give old people a balloon to play with at parties either.
I don't know...I had two thoughts about this post. First of all, I thought it was so funny because I laughed so hard, yet I was upset when she said that your area should be cleaned so it smells and tastes good...so, I do not know what to believe..was it funny, or was it supposed to make us feel bad that we "smell down there."
I can't believe people are actually offended by this!
I can't believe people are actually offended by this!
((Je adore Amy Sedaris!!!))
Amy Sedaris cult sign-up sheet right here: ____Gopher____
Worship the sedaris
*beathes in to reveal something personal* My mother decided not to have any of her sons circumcised. What that means is more detailed cleaning; pulling the foresking back along the penis, etc. My mother was a nurse, and maybe that had something to do with her frankness (even though she was english [thats a horrbile pun]) but she told me as a wee little one that if I didnt clean my penis it would smell, and mothers couldnt adbide it and thats why they had their sons circumcised. Her answer was more hygene. So, ladies, I say onto you: I've been told to clean my dirty nasty cock since I was old enough to wash in 2 inches of water in a bath tub. It may not be shame, but just humor.