…The word “vagina”… Latin roots mean “sword sheath,” thus labeling cunts as penis accommodators. So, not only do girls lack words for the external parts of their bodies, but the word they are given defines them in relation to man. Cunt, on the other hand, encompasses the vagina and the vulva, the ins and the outs. This distinction is not just a matter of semantics, but rather a reflection of the societal shunning of female sexuality. …The phrase “serving cunt” originated from voguing… it means exuding fierce and feminine energy, and is a state of being accessible to anyone, regardless of gender identity. Thus, an insult that earned its cruelty from the patriarchy… has been reclaimed to draw on its feminine association in a positive and inclusive manner. …People argue that it is offensive to degrade a woman to her body part — and maybe it is. But what I find most offensive is that the one time society acknowledges the system of the clitoris, vulva, vagina and cervix, it criminalizes her. And by being more open with our language, perhaps societal attitudes will follow.

Molly Goldwasser