Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Phallic much?



I'm totally going to skip mentioning the fact that it has been more than 7 months since my last entry. Nothing happened and nothing is wrong.

Not all feminists go without shaving, I have a hard time dealing with hair on my body and am very grateful that The Husband shaves regularly, not because I use his shaving tools, but because I really, really, really don't like hair except for in a couple of restricted areas.
For years I used whatever orange single use razor was at hand. Until the market caught up with with the fact that there is nothing natural about a hairless woman. At first they just took the blue razors and made them pink - and charged ridiculous amounts of money for the nauseating ugliness.
But then they started adding real perks, the double blades, the aloe strip and of course the realistic penis shape.
What? Did she just write PENIS SHAPE? Yes she did.

Actually the thought hadn't even entered my mind until this fall when when Gillette introduced their new Venus Vibrance. I kept thinking "Why would anyone want to shake the razor while they shave? It seems like an extraordinarily bad and bloody idea." And then I looked at it from another angle.

Up side down.

Now tell me it is all about the perfect shaving experience.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hooray! You're back! I have missed you!!!!!!!!! And I am relieved that nothing was wrong: I just figured you were busy :) Can't think of anything sensible to say, having just returned from an exhausting week in France (no burnt out car wrecks in sight) and am looking forward to reading more as you post again!

9:01 PM  
Blogger disinterpreter said...

YEAY!!!
I'm so happy to hear from you!
YEAY!!!

10:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OK, this is a reason for actually start shaving again. At least bying a new shaver. :)

3:55 PM  
Blogger Cheryl, Indiana, Shingo and Molly said...

Hey Elin! Glad to see you're back.

4:40 PM  
Blogger why said...

hey Elin,
good to have you back blogging... funny about the razor... hmmmm... never thought about it; now i'm wondering how it didn't occur to me...

;)

by the way... have you checked out http://www.43things.com/ ?

there are a lot of people out there... very cool... and interesting...
my profile out there is http://www.43things.com/person/bookishindiangirl
Hope you get the chance to check it out...

9:22 PM  
Blogger wendela said...

AAACK! I never thought of that razor "that way"- couldn't quite get why they needed to invent a vibrating razor. Thanks for the insight- I think! :) Love your blog. Found it when looking to see who else liked The Timetables of History. Please post again before another 7 months or so!

9:01 AM  

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