Ass Play

 

Ass Play

 

Apparently "that sucks" might have something to do with a lazy dawg.  In other words, "that dog don't hunt, it sucks eggs."  I forgot about that origin--but I wonder whether most people have that or cocksucking in mind? Probably the latter.  As far as "that dog don't hunt," we're familiar with that sentiment in Texas.  Are you familiar with "she looks like she was rode hard and put up wet"?

Back to ass.  It seems "that's ass" is a shortening of the full phrase "that smells like ass."  Hmmm, while more descriptive, it doesn't really clear up what the checker boy was trying to tell me.  Anyone see the Sex in the City episode intended to expose the general public to the joys of ass.  Have you ever met anyone who went crazy for the smell of your ass?  Have you ever had anyone go crazy on your ass?  Actually kiss your ass?  Have you ever rimmed someone?  Been rimmed?  I was once exposed to the Theory of Holes which basically said any hole associated with shit was a bad hole, as contrasted with all the other good holes.  Some philosophers claim the association to shitholes as the most damning characteristic of homosexuality.  There's another real bad hole--one that's usually good, but sometimes bleeds with menstrual flow. That fuckhole is so bad in some cultures that the owners of such holes are not allowed to bathe in the same water as everyone else or be anywhere near the food.  In some religions, the bloody fuckhole is the sole reason for exclusion from the priesthood.  Interestingly, they seem to be more tolerant of shitholing behind the cloth.  But I digress.

Is there a way to conduct an informal ass-play poll?  I'm curious as to how many straight folks partake.  In the Boy Scouts, playing grab ass was a bad thing, but apparently, according to the Scoutmaster, we did it all the time.

 

--r

Does Sucking Really Suck?

Does Sucking Really Suck

I hope to do some sucking tonite.  What's implied in the phrase "that sucks" is that sucking is bad, of course, unless you are getting blown.  It's bad if you are a man doing the sucking because men shouldn't do women's work.  It's good if women do the sucking because that's what the bitches should do.  Hmmmm . . . but sucking has been so mainstreamed that no one bothers to think about this stuff, including most suckers, homosexual, women, or otherwise.  Why is sucking such a mainstream perjorative and when did its meaning get so divorced from oral sex that it's okay for grownups to say "that sucks," or even "that blows" in front of kids?  This reminds me of an episode on the bleeding edge of the mainstreaming process.  It was at the check-out counter when the young clerk commented on the "Flying Dog" beer in my basket.  He said "that beer is ass!"  To this day, I do not exactly know what he meant.  Was it a thumbs up or condemnation?  Our parents went through this with "bad."  We're a much more colorful generation.

The Pharmakon of Nigger

 

The Pharmakon of Nigger

Nigger is a very powerful word, one which I believe should not be excised from our language.  It's a perfect pharmakon--an ancient greek concept wherein the cure and the poison are one and the same, depending on the measure.  It's the origin of the pharmacy.  Similarly, nigger does not emanate measuredly from the mouths of all people.  When heard, it can feel poisonous and hurtful.  Let me offer a recent example of nigger as a cure: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0017/bain.php. It's the story of Bryonn Bain ("Walking While Black") and how he came to draft the Bill of Rights for Black Men.  Bain's poultice for curing racism would lack potency without the pharmakon of nigger.

Off-handedly, I'd say nigger is a more powerful word than bitch, but that may be as a result of my privileged viewpoint as a man.  There's no doubt that bitch has been so mainstreamed that it no longer sounds poisonous to most people.  It's rather insidious isn't it?  A slow-killing word with deep effects and long-term consequences stemming from a long history of poisoning society against women. Anecdotally, as I "became" gay, I had several early closes brushes with bitch.  Some gay men call each other bitches, but I must admit I had to draw the line here.  While I was just becoming comfortable with being called a fag, being called a bitch was beyond the pale.  I've often drawn out the overlap between homophobia (and to some degree, pedophilia) has with misogyny.  It seemingly arises from a deep-seeded fear of men becoming women or being forced to perform the woman's sexual role.  It's really sobering stuff when you think about it and the disparagement dates back as far as pharmakon's etymology.

But as with all good drugs, bitch's mainstreaming has produced useful cultural side-effects.  The connotation of someone bitching at someone else is a valuable addition to our lexicon.  If someone can suggest an acceptable alternative, I'll try it out.

--r