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High school teacher under investigation for saying “vagina” during anatomy lesson

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:41:00 +0000

High school science teacher Tim McDaniel is being investigated by Idaho's professional standards commission because he allegedly used the word “vagina” while teaching a 10th grade biology lesson on reproduction and anatomy.

According to a report from the Times-News, four parents complained to school officials after learning that McDaniel explained the biology of an orgasm and used the word "vagina" during a lesson on human reproduction in his sophomore science class.

A disciplinary letter from the Idaho State Department of Education also accused McDaniels of showing a video clip in class depicting an infection of genital herpes and teaching about different forms of birth control. The letter also alleges that McDaniels told inappropriate jokes in class.

McDaniel also found himself in hot water for asking his students to write a critical response paper on climate change after showing them "An Inconvenient Truth."

Do you need a new vagina?

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:34:00 +0000

Ladies, have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever been betrayed by the lowdown dirty cheat you once thought you'd grow old with? Have you known the pain of watching your spouse live it up with some blonde 10 years your junior? It hurts, doesn't it? Kind of makes you want to buy a new vagina.

In anticipation of her new tell-all memoir, "Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders," the perennially outspoken Brandi Glanville is opening up about her very public and messy divorce from actor Eddie Cibrian. In her book, the 40-year-old mother of two reveals that after Cibrian left her for singer LeAnn Rimes in 2009, "I decided that since Eddie ruined my vagina for me, he could pay for a new one ... A week after the vaginal rejuvenation surgery, he was on the phone screaming, 'What the f--k cost you $12,000? Did you get a nose job?'" She also bought herself a new set of breasts. Ah, I still remember when a big breakup just meant gluing crystals onto your vajayjay till it "shined like a disco ball." Simpler times.

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Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:32:00 +0000

In which Stephen Colbert beats Naomi Wolf at her own game, and compares the vagina to a Dan Brown novel:

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Naomi Wolf says her critics have problems with female sexuality

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:39:00 +0000

In a Time article, author Naomi Wolf shot back at critics who attacked her psuedo-scientific, airy-fairy "Vagina: A New Biography," for being too pseudo-scientific and airy-fairy. But much of Wolf's self-justifying rebuttal amounts to her complaining that critics don't like her book because people are afraid to talk about women and sex.

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While many responses to my book were positive, the tone of some of the critiques—from “mystic woo woo about the frou frou" to “bad news for everyone who has one” — suggests to me that our culture, even one in which Fifty Shades of Grey is being devoured by millions of women, still has problems discussing women’s sexuality in a positive, empowering way. And we need — perhaps women especially — to be able to have that conversation.