| Tuesday, October 31, 2006 | ||
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Anais Nin once said that "The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery". |
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| Tuesday, October 31, 2006 | ||
| A last word about breasts before October moves on… | ||
 October is Breast month. As the seasons would have it, us Northern Hemispherians are starting to cover them up in layers, while the Southerners are about to drag out the t-shirts and start showing the sisters off a bit. No, this month is not about objectifying women`s breast. But it is about having people take a good close look and feel. The people I`m referring to are breast surgeons or gynecologists who are trained for this one above-the-waist procedure. Another good idea is mammography, if you`re above age 50 (or whatever age they recommend in your part of the world). That`s right – it`s Breast Health Month. I`ll start the celebration with a few good words about the heroes of the month. It`s not always clear to me what it is about breast (LINK) that gets everyone so excited, but whatever it is, it works and it always has. So we need to give them the appreciation that others do, which means keeping sure they are free of disease and learning to love them for whatever their shape, fullness, symmetry, colour or firmness are. Forget the generic silicone look; real breasts come in an infinite range and their original style is what makes our breast studying habits so fascinating. I`m not a member of one of those tribes who let them hang freely and innocuously forever. I haven’t decided whether that is a good or a bad thing either. But being that which I am, I believe that we all should be giving back to the babes in the form of lace, cotton, spandex or whatever else feels good and makes you aware that they are there and they are fabulous. So let`s wish each other a happy breast month, and while speaking about them, why not spruce up the vocab. There are so many synonyms for breasts, that I`ll mention only those beginning with "B" (with thanks to The Bald Headed Hermit & The Artichoke: an Erotic Thesaurus): B-cups, babaloos, babooms, the baby bar, baby pillows, bags, balcony, balloons, baloobas, baps, barbettes, bazongas, bazonkers, bazooms, bazoomas, bazoongies, bazumbas, beach bars, beanbags, beauties, beautiful chest, beautiful pair, beaver tails, begonias, bell peppers, bellys, berks, berthas, best friends, bettys, bezongas, big brown eyes, bikini fillers, bikini stuffers, bings, birds, blatters, blobs, blossoms, blubbers, bobbers, Bobsey twins, body, bon bons, bongos, boobies, boobifers, boobs, boobulars, booby, boom booms, borsties, boosiasms, bosoms, boulders, bouncers, bra busters, brace and bits, brassiere food, breastworks, Bristol bits, Bristol Cities, Bristols, bubbies, bubbles, bubs, buckets, buddies, buds, buffers, bulbs, bumpers, bumpies, bumps, bust, butter-bags, butter-boxes and buzwams. I think my point is well made and I do apologize for all the offensive bits. The author of the Erotic Thesaurus made special mention that these terms, invented by men mostly, if not exclusively, boggle the mind in that at the same time that they clearly idealize the girls, they just can`t help being so damn derogatory. I say that if we have to run and service them, we get to name them. Let me know who`s ready to write the Thesaurette. |
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