January 22
by Amy
Did you know that you can’t say the word Penis in a public paper? Even if the word penis is used for biological purposes? Peter Farb wrote a review of The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris for the Trib’s Book World. Sure enough, because Farb is a biologist, he let the penis word slip. And the word slipped by editors and the Trib had to pull back all of those papers that had said PENIS in it. It cost them 100,000 dollars. All so people wouldn’t see the word PENIS over breakfast. Or lunch. Or dinner.
A bunch of us tried to find the Penis Book Worlds before they were confiscated. We couldn’t find one. Maybe Coleman got lucky, since, knowing him, he was out doing the same thing. If I ask my Dad for one, he'll think I'm a pervert. Or maybe he'll just laugh.
Talk about ridiculous... Before we can free our minds, we have to free our language.
Tomorrow I’ve got to go to Evanston for the big student symposium. Everything is all prepared. White papers, mimeos, everything. For once, we're organized. I hope that's not an indication of bad things to come.
