{"id":27569,"date":"2019-08-17T23:02:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T03:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=27569"},"modified":"2019-08-17T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T03:02:34","slug":"anglican-clowns-and-the-menstrual-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-clowns-and-the-menstrual-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican clowns and the menstrual cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/holytrinity.ab.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holy Trinity Anglican Church<\/a> in Edmonton has decided to make Christ visible through the arts, an endeavour I heartily endorse. Or I would if the church\u2019s efforts bore even a passing resemblance to Christ or art. I\u2019m not much given to optimism, so I didn\u2019t anticipate anything resembling the Sistine Chapel or Bm Mass, but <em>\u201cBeatrice the clown\u201d<\/em> giving a <em>\u201cwild sex education lesson\u201d<\/em> manages to sink beneath my most pessimistic expectations.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/entertainment\/festivals\/fringe-review-is-that-how-clowns-keep-you-up-all-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27570\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019-08-17_225521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019-08-17_225521.jpg 875w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019-08-17_225521-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019-08-17_225521-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019-08-17_225521-500x252.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cool Air Rentals Stage at Holy Trinity Anglican Church<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost impossible to break down all of the elements in this comedic romp let alone write about them. But I can assure laughter was endless and it is worth visiting Beatrice the clown for her wild sex education lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Raunchy at points and most definitely not for everyone, Beatrice delves into reproductive organs, the menstrual cycle and sexual intercourse in a way like never before. And that\u2019s actually literal. In the hour-long show\u2019s most hilarious segment, Beatrice (now an investigative reporter) goes undercover in a man\u2019s body to get the full scoop on what fertilization is like and how long it can take.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Edmonton has decided to make Christ visible through the arts, an endeavour I heartily endorse. Or I would if the church\u2019s efforts bore even a passing resemblance to Christ or art. I\u2019m not much given &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-clowns-and-the-menstrual-cycle\/\">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":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27569","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=27569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}