labia boy

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: <barbara100 at jps.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 6:43 AM
Subject: labia boy

> Sloth will have to take the punch for all mankind. Nothing personal. It's
> been bothering me for some time. You just made the dumb mistake of saying
> "labia boy" on a peak PMS-day:
>
> Why is it so insulting for a man to be called a pussy or "labia
> boy"--essentially a woman--be it not for all the pricks who inhabit this
> world pissing all over them!
>

Simple primitive male chauvinism. I can only repeat my recommendation of
John Barth's "Chimera" in the light of this.

We're close to full moon.

You've been absolutely right in your criticism.

Otto

"Tits 'n' ass," mutter the girls, "tits 'n' ass.
That's all we are around here."
"Ah, shaddap," snarls G. M. B. Haftung,
which is his usual way of dealing with the help.
(GR 507)