When Kurt Andersen became editor of New York Magazine, he printed out a list of “nuisance words” he didn’t want writers to use. When I was 32, I wrote about this list in Cup of Jo and added the word “moist,” which I myself hated.
Moist? Hmm, that’s terrible. When you describe banana bread as moist, it sounds like a vagina. and I Really I never liked the word vagina. It was weird, a little creepy. I avoided mentioning it even in the doctor’s office. *trembling*
I wasn’t alone. In 2012, new yorker They asked their Twitter followers which words should be removed from the English language. “In the end, the horse that wasn’t the favorite ran out of control,” they wrote. “Moist” Five years later, food writer Emily Johnson lamented this cultural hatred in an article for Bon Appétit.Please stop using the word “moist” to get angry.“The chicken thighs are nothing short of juicy.”
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And have you seen this scene? salt burn? “I was a lesbian at one point,” her mother says. “But in the end it was a little too wet for me. The men are very nice and dry.”
good.
Now I’m older too and thankfully the culture has grown and changed (huge nod). broad city The words moist, wet, wet actually sound very warm to me and are very convincing (I’ve been extolling the female body and desire here). Do they remind us of women? Of sex? good! I can’t believe how much they’ve changed in me, even though I’ve done nothing but passively absorb the cultures around me.
The word “vagina” also sounds completely different. It’s familiar and endearing, like the beloved name of a long-time friend. Recently, a friend’s young son remembered my name incorrectly and called me “Bajenna” all night. It was such an honor and so fascinating. Very interesting, isn’t it? Do you feel the same way? Or is it different? Or is it nothing at all?
Today, Toby and I toured the high school and the director of admissions led us down a staircase studded with ceramic tiles made by the students. One tile displayed the Statue of Liberty. The other is basketball. And I saw one of the vulvas. “Oh, look!” I said, pointing. “How cool is that?” I was so happy that the students were inspired to make it and the school displayed it.
In fact, this wasn’t the first vulva artwork my kids had seen. My sister Lucy has a sculpture that looks like this: sophia wallace In her dining room, that means her terracotta clitoris is in the background of many family photos. And I’m looking forward to seeing it brooklyn artist exhibitionIt features one of Wallace’s giant clitoris sculptures, inspired by the strength and grace of a swan.
Also, necklace!
what about you? What impression do you have of the word “moist”? “vagina”? “Vulva”? Have your feelings changed or remain the same? Of course, there are no wrong answers. Share your thoughts below. Shit shit
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