Seriously, this is the funniest thing I’ve read all week: “Vajazzling, The Newest Threat to Your College Son.”
Becky covered this story a while back, and while I find the trend ridiculous, ugly, and did I mention ridiculous?, and ugly?, this take on it almost makes it worthwhile as a faux-trend.
Christwire.org, in case you haven’t heard of it already, is a spoof site, but a brilliantly executed one, blending brimstone condemnation of and prurient interest in pop culture in a remarkable balance.
Extra super bonus: the comment thread. Hooo-doggie. Actually, AVOID! AVOID! AVOID! It’s a horror show, as the people who don’t get that the site is a joke are mocked in increasingly violent, sexist terms. I’d rather get vajazzled.
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Pursuit of Harpyness. Pursuit of Harpyness said: "Nothing Short of Whore Antics" @ http://bit.ly/bFTShD [...]
When I clicked on the link, the internet filter at work produced the following:
This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless.
This is a very, very good sign, IMO.
That article – that WEBSITE – is genius, but I weep for the number of commenters who think “parody” is a brightly colored tropical bird.
[...] “Nothing Short of Whore Antics” (Pursuit of Harpyness) [...]
The problem is, of course, that as somebody (not sure who, not going to take the time to look up) said, satire of right-wing fundamentalism is next to indistinguishable from earnest right-wing fundamentalism. As a religion major who studied gender in evangelical Christian communities, I am sorry to tell you that were it not for some telling “off” notes — “whore antics” is not a phrase that would be used by earnest conservative Christian bloggers, in my experience, and if genuine there’d be a lot more about Satan preying on men’s lusts and less about saintly studying — it would be hard to distinguish this from many an article by Christian bloggers about avoiding temptation in college.
That said, knowing this is satire, I think it is hilarious.