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Back before Vaginagate enthralled the Legislature this week, there was the Great Uterus Injunction of '11. →

How soon we forget.

The Uterus Monologues: Limericks From Our Readers

On Monday, we gave you this. Today, there’s more, because we love you, and because our readers wrote ‘em. There’s more where these came from: Check ‘em all out.

Valerie Hope Starr:

I’d quiver to think what they’d to us 
dare we mention that naughty word uterus 
we can pillage, rape, maim but not mention that name
of the place whence we came fore you knew of us

Jim Bazen:

Some words are a source of dissension. 
They require a thorough preemption. 
Now the Reps are all riled 
‘bout the fetus who filed
A uterine homestead exemption.

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We just…eh…um…yeeeeah.

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

In case you missed this last night.  I feel the same way today.

bluntlyblue:

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

This is what my uterus feels like RIGHT NOW.

[UPDATED: Yes, please save this image and use it however you would like.  My very talented friend made it for me as this Tumblr was taking off and I’m sure he’d be thrilled to have people use it at walks/protests/etc.]

So wrong, yet so right …

What Planned Parenthood actually does. Hint: Not a lot of abortions. Via Washington Post

This Week in Your Uterus: →

Quite a bit’s been going on in there!

Best Uterus-Related Limerick of the Day Evar!

After she read the frustrating news from Florida last week, MJ’s Jen Phillips got creative. Like, really creative:

A man on the Florida House floor

Cried, “Let us say uterus no more!

It’s vulgar and crude

(especially to dudes)

And that’s who this party is for!”

Want more on the GOP’s frightening reproductive rights roundup? Check it here, and here, and here.

What Other Dirty-Sounding Words Would the GOP Like to Ban?

Fresh on the heels of Uterusgate (and the hashtag meme #GOPnames4uterus), we wondered what other dirty-sounding non-dirty words Republicans would prefer that you not say on a legislature’s floor. So far we’ve got:

• Uterus
• Moist
• Knickers
• Penal
• Caucus
• Assonance
• Ventricular
• Annals
• Panties
• Titmouse
• Gonad
• Urethra
• Screw Jack
• Stimulus
• Spotted Dick
• Global Warming
• Christian Fundamentalist
• Equal Pay
• Empathy
• Public
• Community
• Affordable Care Act
• Tort (unless followed by “reform”)
• Racism (unless preceded by “reverse”)

Got others? Reblog and add ‘em!

(P.S. This is our 1,000th Tumblr post! Badasssss!)

(Source: Mother Jones)

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Read this, and you’ll understand.

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GOP Chastises Dem Lawmaker for Saying “Uterus” on Statehouse Floor

Add it to your list of non-dirty dirty words, like “moist” and “knickers.”