Vagina Monologues news stories on Newser

The C-Word Ain't What It Used to Be

Wesley Oliver — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:18:28 CDT

Rest assured, Dear Reader: As a respectable organization, Newser won’t publish what Kathleen Deveny in Newsweek calls “the rudest, crudest, most taboo term in the English language.” To be blunt, on this issue we must punt, because, on a family website, that dog just won’t hunt—even though Deveny insists...

Catholic Colleges Brace for Pope's Criticism

Jim O'Neill — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:50:00 CDT

Pope Benedict XVI’s April address to top Catholic educators is likely to be a call to observe church teachings more closely, reports the Washington Post. All but 20 of the 235 American Catholic colleges and universities are too freethinking to suit the Vatican, says one expert, and the situation "is...

Fonda Swears She's Sorry for Obscenity

Rob Quinn — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:37:51 CST

Today host Meredith Vieira got an unpleasant shock yesterday when Jane Fonda let the C-word slip while discussing the Vagina Monologues, the New York Daily News reports. "It was a slip, and obviously she apologizes, and so do we," Vieira told viewers. Fonda's blooper came when she was asked why...

V-Word Gets Teens Suspended

Sarah Seltzer — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:11:21 CST

Three high school girls in a New York City suburb were suspended for reciting the word "vagina" in an excerpt of the "The Vagina Monologues" during a school open-mic night. Faculty had instructed the 16-year-old honors students to delete the word, in deference to children in the audience, but the...