Comments on: Limerick Graffiti Archive: Vaginas http://www.fustar.info/2007/07/16/limerick-graffiti-archive-vaginas/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:47:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ithaca http://www.fustar.info/2007/07/16/limerick-graffiti-archive-vaginas/#comment-69534 Ithaca Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:02:32 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/07/16/257/#comment-69534 <blockquote>Ah Ireland in the early 70s... It must have been a utopia of sexual maturity and freedom, Ithaca.</blockquote> It was awful Fustar, particularly as I was gay, but the graffito must have elicted a few giggles. What is astonishing in retrospect is that it was not scratched out by indignant feminist students. But then there were not many feminist around in those days apart from a few Irish Times journalists and a few academics connected to Trinity rather than UCD. In terms of sexual freedom and maturity, the Ireland of 2007 is in a different universe.

Ah Ireland in the early 70s…

It must have been a utopia of sexual maturity and freedom, Ithaca.

It was awful Fustar, particularly as I was gay, but the graffito must have elicted a few giggles. What is astonishing in retrospect is that it was not scratched out by indignant feminist students. But then there were not many feminist around in those days apart from a few Irish Times journalists and a few academics connected to Trinity rather than UCD. In terms of sexual freedom and maturity, the Ireland of 2007 is in a different universe.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2007/07/16/limerick-graffiti-archive-vaginas/#comment-69364 fústar Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/07/16/257/#comment-69364 Ah Ireland in the early 70s... It must have been a utopia of sexual maturity and freedom, Ithaca. I was getting ready to be born, and (as a result) not sexually active, so the magic of unauthorised vaginas was denied me. Ah Ireland in the early 70s…

It must have been a utopia of sexual maturity and freedom, Ithaca.

I was getting ready to be born, and (as a result) not sexually active, so the magic of unauthorised vaginas was denied me.

]]> By: Ithaca http://www.fustar.info/2007/07/16/limerick-graffiti-archive-vaginas/#comment-69256 Ithaca Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:44:12 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2007/07/16/257/#comment-69256 In the early 1970's there was a large notice at the Clonskeagh entrance to the Belfield campus of University College Dublin which read: PRIVATE PROPERTY NO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY One morning on my way to a lecture, I noticed that somebody had written the words 'My vagina is' across the top of the notice. Unfortunately, the writer did not put a signature at the bottom of the notice. The graffito was not removed for months. In the early 1970’s there was a large notice at the Clonskeagh entrance to the Belfield campus of University College Dublin which read:

PRIVATE PROPERTY
NO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY

One morning on my way to a lecture, I noticed that somebody had written the words ‘My vagina is’ across the top of the notice. Unfortunately, the writer did not put a signature at the bottom of the notice. The graffito was not removed for months.

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