Women still have pubic hair? From what they've seen, I thought they had bred it out for chrissakes.

From what I've seen... from what I'VE SEEN, damnit!

Mark,

The hair comes in when they get older.

A bit earlier today I commented on a post at CQ, "More Desperation At The Gray Lady," deconstructing another "illegal" NSA snooping story in today's rag. I closed with:

"Q. Can these clowns possibly make themselves more ridiculous?"

"A. Yes"

Who know they would with a story about pudenda?! I can't wait to read Merkin's meme about whatever problems she has the other oriface nearby. Presumably that one will have universal appeal.

Is there any news about labias that's not fit to print?

I mean, c'mon, guys. Seriously. I hope they do a story on boobs next.

The NYT has become the Village Voice.
Is the author the same "woman of the world" who gets her anal aperature bleached?

(I had a gf that I had to beg to trim her bush. It was very annoying. One time, I stopped in the middle of sex, went to the bathroom, got the scissors, grabbed as much hair I could between two fingers and snipped it off. She complained it would itch the next day. I said it wouldn't. I was right. We were both happy.)

While we are talking about vulvas ...yesterday I came upon this site while helping my son on a school project on Greek myths.

http://www.houseochicks.com/gallery/gallery23.html

You, with link to history of the merkin, have solved one of those problems that, without this crazy ethersphere, would never have been.

And, of course, who would likely care... but now, having proof to validate the existence of the merkin, another query ended. And, I guess lamely, I had searched the internet years ago for proof of merkin.

A best buddy, who has many fireman tales to tell(being a retired fire fighter), mentioned the "merkin" years ago. I refused to believe it existed since, as a capitalist pig, I couldn't figure out what need it was filling. Or, if Wal Mart doesn't carry it, there is no it.

Thank you for the knowledge you bring to the world.

[sidenote: as one who has enjoyed both chemo and radiation I can speak to certain baldness from a male perspective. I wonder if the NY Times might be interested... ;-]

They're puppets. Vulva puppets. You wear them on your dick. Every guy needs one.

One time, I stopped in the middle of sex, went to the bathroom, got the scissors, grabbed as much hair I could between two fingers and snipped it off.

Damn, that's romantic. ;)

Sex sells, and have you seen the NY Times's bottom line lately?

Ace,

The reference to Merkin cleared up something I've puzzled about for years:

What was the meaning of the US President's name (Merkin Muffley) In the movie "Dr. Strangelove".

I should have known...

This is disgusting, but anyone who's read this blog more than once should know there are no sacred subjects unmentioned here. So either get over it or get used to it.

The NYT, however, has for the most part avoided being the language gutterdweller in the past (with occasional lapses, of course, for shock value). For a "family" newspaper, even a left-leaning, moonbat-loving family, this is more than over the edge. They have (pardon the pun) dived into a chasm from which they may never return. To which we may all say, amen, good riddance.

Hugh Hefner may want to check to see if any copyright laws were violated, though. He could probably check w/ Ms. Hamster!

Yeah, sex sells, but does unsexy sex sell? Egghead writing about the subject containing such gems as "These are cruel times for vaginas" simply isn't erotic. This is an unpleasant article, sort of the journalistic equivalent of Stallone's and Sharon Stone's love scene in The Specialist.

Or maybe regular readers of the Times do find this stuff erotic.

I can't wait for the Dem candidate in 2008 to complain "You're being cruel to my vagina!"

Bwa ha ha.

"Stop questioning my vagina!"

But there is a fundamental truth here. These times we live in are very cruel to my penis.

Next in the series, "deep thoughts about my tampon".

Whatever happened to NAVEL-gazing?

"Take my labia minora, please."

Never having been one to enjoy group activities of any sort, the thought of becoming more closely acquainted with my private parts in a public setting seems potentially traumatizing rather than liberating or, God knows, celebratory.

Perhaps it's an inescapable consequence of living in a free-market society that choice springs eternal, that nothing is ever done with, that decisions once made can be unmade, that you can return your character to the vendor and ask for improvements.

And; are you saying that the condition of your nether regions is going to reflect on your character?
From the NYT. Will wonders never cease.

She's going to get flamed by that little remark.
By pirate hookers.
Because she slapped them in public.

Of course it's the New York Times. You can't spell "labias" without "bias."

as if I don't have enough to worry about,
...
I have begun obsessing about various aspects of my genital appearance.

Uh, stop obsessing, then.

Take my labia minora, for instance.

Look, women have to put up with a lot of grief from men about their appearance, it's true. But I have never ever heard a guy say anything one way or another about a woman's labia minora. A hot woman is hot regardless of what Daphne Merkin thinks about her quinny.

Sagging groin skin and limp labia

Oh, please. She's creating this insecurity out of thin air.

aging women hoping to catch a flagging penis with the semblance of undeflowered innocence?

And contributing to male insecurity in the process.

And although it's true that the very structural inaccessibility of the vagina may lead to difficulties with body image (how do you go about envisioning something you can't see?)

This woman is tormenting herself with postmodern claptrap.

She seems to be lamenting the very insecurity she's promoting with this strange article. Daphne, to the extent that this is a problem at all, you definitely aren't a part of the solution.

Of course it's the New York Times. You can't spell "labias" without "bias."

That's pretty good. Might work better with the LA Times.

These were the best of labia, these were the worst of labia.

Hey, Bill was funny!

Knock it off, Bill.

The NYT:

Making sex unsexy and uninteresting since 2006

The strangest thing about all this surgery is that the woman actually think they are making their vulvas prettier for us men.

Sure, there are some nice-looking cooches out there, but overall, in general, the female genitalia is not very handsome.

But the only guy who's going to be turned off by prominent labia minor or a protruding clitoris is a major-league homosexual. Most guys, if not all, would see a "more exposed" vulva and say, Oh cool, let me investigate.

I don't know. Something about all this smells fishy.

Now THAT was funny.

Hey, at least it's not boring.

I thought labia minora and labia majora were cunstellations.

As for the much vaunted hymen (named for the Greek god of marriage), mine remained intact longer than most thanks to my slow-blooming erotic life, until such time as a boyfriend's patient late-night exertions finally parted me from it at the age of 25.

She's obviously never met Dick Cheney.

....ummmm.. Mulva?

Say, Daphne...
Nice pussy!

I've got a feeling that the fellow who finally bagged this pig is still regretting that fateful night.
No offense to those fair maidens who choose to wait until Mr. Right, but 25??!!
I'm not so sure it was a decision she consciously made.
Perhaps it wasn't her ugly vagina that kept the boys at bay, but rather that which was between her ears, both on the surface and within.

Dammit, and here I was certain that the ass cream Allah has been recommending was going to fix all my problems.

Obviously she's never spent 5 minutes surfing porn, or she'd know that there are many variations of vulva shapes, and that men will happily fuck any of them.

Take my labia minora... please!

...this mossy covering is deemed no more than an aesthetic hindrance to the unfettered male gaze....

*spit*Aesthetic hindrance?*spit*Gaze?*spit*

*spit*lemme get this hair out of my mouth*spit*

I tell ya it's tough out there. I'm at the DU site the other day and I say "Hey, you read what this Merkin girl wrote?" and they all jump on me, saying "'Murkin girls can't write!!"

Tough for the ladies, too. The wife's over at DU and asks them, "Do you think my labia majora stick out too much?" And they're saying, "Hey, anything that meets us halfway!!"

So far so good, so she keeps going, "How about my minora?" But they call her a Jew and kick her out. I tell ya, it's tough out there.

hah!

Rodney, yer killin me

D'oh! Sorry skinbad - didn't see you there, my bad!

The New York Times is still a birdcage linner not worth reading