{"id":15200,"date":"2011-12-21T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15200"},"modified":"2011-12-21T13:30:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T18:30:57","slug":"the-diocese-of-niagara-production-of-the-vagina-monologues-starring-female-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-diocese-of-niagara-production-of-the-vagina-monologues-starring-female-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diocese of Niagara production of the Vagina Monologues, starring female clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, I\u2019m not joking; from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagara.anglican.ca\/newspaper\/papers\/2011\/jan12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (Page 5):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last spring I approached the Reverend Val Kerr, Board member of Bethlehem Housing and Support Services, with the idea of doing a V-Day Production of the Vagina Monologues as a fund raiser for Bethlehem. She liked the idea, and the plan was launched.<\/p>\n<p>Our cast is made up of Women Clergy in the Niagara Diocese who are passionate about stopping violence against not only women but all people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For those unfamiliar with the work, here is a short extract:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I call it cunt. I\u2019ve reclaimed it, \u201ccunt.\u201d I really like it. \u201cCunt.\u201d Listen to it. \u201cCunt.\u201d C C. Ca Ca. Cavern, cackle, clit, cute, come-closed c-closed inside, inside ca-then u-then cu-then curvy, inviting sharkskin uuniform, under, up, urge, ugh, ugh, u \u2014 then n then cun \u2014 snug letters fitting perfectly together \u2014 n \u2014 nest, now, nexus, nice, nice, always depth, always round in upper case, cun, cun-n a jagged wicked electrical pulse-n (high pitched noise) then soft n-warm n \u2014 cun, cun, then t \u2014 then sharp certain tangy t \u2014 texture, take, tent, tight, tantalizing, tensing, taste, tendrils, time, tactile, tell me, tell me \u201cCunt cunt,\u201d say it, tell me \u201cCunt.\u201d \u201cCunt.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As you can see, it\u2019s about as edifying as the average Diocese of Niagara Synod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, I\u2019m not joking; from here (Page 5): Last spring I approached the Reverend Val Kerr, Board member of Bethlehem Housing and Support Services, with the idea of doing a V-Day Production of the Vagina Monologues as a fund raiser &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-diocese-of-niagara-production-of-the-vagina-monologues-starring-female-clergy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,110],"tags":[2111,1593],"class_list":["post-15200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barmy-clergymen","category-diocese-of-niagara","tag-diocese-of-niagara","tag-vagina-monologues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}