“Not only were the auditoriums packed both nights (over 1000 tickets were sold all together), they were packed with both genders. I was impressed that the male audience members accepted the various stabs at their gender nobly, not letting the show’s feminist nature interfere with their overall enjoyment.” (italics mine)

Uh oh, Suzy Q… did you just make the blanket claim that all feminists are men-hating bra-burners in a review of the Vagina Monologues? Watch out–you might have a herd of violent lesbians at your door soon, whose feminist nature might interfere with your overall enjoyment of your night.

Suzy Q also commits the gaffe of calling the performers girls instead of women: “Most of the “monologues” were actually performed by more than one girl. The inclusion of so many actresses added to the performance’s empowering, original mood.” Barring any comments I might have about the last sentence’s helpless triteness, did it not at least cross your mind that the Vag Mo is a very feminist play, and as such its acting “girls” might not appreciate being pushed into a diminutive, cutesy nomenclature?

Last time I read the Feminine Mystique, I tried to make sure that its feminist nature didn’t get in the way of my enjoyment, but somehow all those uppity girls got on my nerves.