Destroyers, Remember the stink bomb Jeremy Clarkson caused when he suggested that breastfeeding is natural, just like urinating. But when we want to do that, we go to a little room and do it in private? Now Glosswitch, in The New Statesman, has popped a fluffy and written about farting as a feminist issue. She cut loose, belched from behind and fired a stink torpedo, as she wrote about ladylike behaviour and bodily functions. Invert a burp, Destroyers, as you read that the male body, in contrast to the female one, is simply allowed to be: to fill the room, legs spread wide, adding its own sounds and scents to the air. To assume the right to be a little bit revolting – to spit on the street, to jokingly raise your arse cheek to fart – is, I would argue, a form of privilege. It expresses an ownership not just of the body, but of the space around it. We don’t see it as such because we presume men and boys are “naturally” into this sort of thing. newstatesman/society/2014/12/why-bodily-functions-are-feminist-issue Destroyers, do you fire a stink torpedo? Do you play the uncorked symphony or the gluteal tuba? Is farting part of your public and/or private repertoire? *Our thanks to Urban Dictionary for providing us with an opportunity to bust ass and bring you some slang words for the man salute, also known as fart. urbandictionary/define.php?term=fart
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 00:19:01 +0000
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