According to an official announcement, CLITERACY will disrupt not only the silence of its setting, but also the overall cultural silence surrounding female bodies in a phallocentric society.

Best Sex Ever: Laci Green comes to Sewanee

The following was reported in the Sewanee Purple campus newspaper on Feb. 27, 2015

Sewanee was more than a little confused when posters went up around campus advertising "The Best Sex Ever," presented by Laci Green. When February 11 arrived, students streamed into Blackman Auditorium. The multi-colored condoms strewn on the tables set the tone for the night -- joyful, open, and uninhibitedly sex-positive. Green herself was down at the front, attaching a large blue dildo to the lab table. Kathleen Kelso (C'17), resident of the Women's Center, introduced Green before the main event began. A loud "You guys ready to talk about sex?" drew an excited roar from the audience. "My hope tonight is that you will be given some tools, ideas, and information in order to have whatever you would consider the best sex," Green started. The lecture followed a simple outline, addressing anatomy, health, and consent. Noticeable "ewwwww"s were heard when Green presented a photo of a vulva. "What is that? A vagina? It's actually a vulva -- which is the technical term for the outside."

A large portion of the section that followed was dedicated not only to eliminating "ew" as a reaction to a healthy vulva, but also to debunking myths about vulvas and sex, including the myth that longer labias are a result of a woman having more sex. "Sometimes I'll hear 'Um she just had a lot of sex. She's just a slut.' Honey, no. The myth that you get longer labia from more sex is just a myth," Green announced. She also destroyed the idea that if a vagina is more open and wet, the woman is more sexually active. To the contrary, if a woman's vagina is not wet and open, it is likely that she is not aroused.

"Trying to find a good picture of an average, front-facing, unerect penis was nearly impossible," Green explained when the talk turned to the male anatomy. "The average size of a penis is 5.5 inches. Most teenagers will assume the average size is 7-8 inches, usually thanks to porn." She then went on to explain how societal pressure to measure masculinity based on penis size is completely unfounded. "Not only is it something you shouldn't have to worry about, but size also has very little to do with pleasure. It's all about how you use it."

Other topics Green discussed included masturbation and STIs. On the subject of STIs, Green said "STDs are normal, preventable, and often curable. But STDs are especially shamed because they are usually gotten from sex." The most common STIs on college campuses are Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Genital Warts, and Herpes. The best way to avoid getting an STI is to use protection every time. She said STDs were NORMAL!!

As the talk concluded, Green reminded the audience that respect and enjoying oneself are the foundations of the "best sex ever." Afterwards, a large portion of the audience lined up to take photos with Green and/or the large blue dildo. In order to make safe, healthy sex as easy as possible for everyone on campus, free condoms are always available at the Wellness Center, while free condoms, lube, and dental dams are always available at the Women's Center.

By sponsoring the STD preventing dental dams, Sewanee is admitting the kinds of sex it encourages are unsafe.

No mention is made of what the Bible has to say about sex before marriage. Apparently, that was of no concern to Green. Fornication is now normal. Not a word of rebuttal from Dean McCardell has been heard either.

When the clitoris art story first broke on VOL's website reaction was swift and angry.

"I am an alumnus of Sewanee. I am deeply saddened, appalled and dumbstruck by this display of bad taste, wrote Eddie Settles an alumnus of the university. "My beloved Sewanee has descended into the pit of unbounded depravity."

This pretty much puts to rest any remaining thought that Sewanee is a Christian school. It is the Temple of Baal. Shame, wrote another poster.

"Nothing like bringing in young people so they can hear a bunch of women talk about their sexuality. I look forward to the looks on their faces thinking they were going to hear about Jesus," wrote Milton Finch.

Noting the obvious idolatry, one poster cited scripture writing, "You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."

"Just rewrote my will, Sewanee is not in it as a result of the cooperation with the spread of clit propaganda in the library," wrote another angry alumni.

May God have mercy! Christ have mercy!

The question must be asked as to what Sewanee is doing to work with the Franklin County Sherriff's office to assure the community that NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the library during the Clit Sex Show Exhibit, or to Green's Dildo Penis Size Comparison Sex Talk?

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF REGENTS

We call upon Dean John McCardell, Chaplain Thomas MacFie, Diversity Change Agents Benjamin and Hamilton, Bishop Alexander, Jon Meacham, and All Regents by Name to either apologize for this dangerous sickness and promise it will never happen again, or come out and admit that "Civility and Respect" demands of them that they affirmatively and actively support vile sex addictions for teens and lesbian pornography for all.

The question must be asked: What is Sewanee doing to curb the growing spread of teen STDs and AIDs on Campus? Would they allow this at their own successful businesses?

We call upon them to remove this so-called piece of art from the premises of this Episcopal University, apologize to alumni and parents and vow it will never happen again.

Write to Dean John McCardell here: vc@sewanee.edu

Here is a list of the Board of Regents

The Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard, Chancellor (2012-2018) (H'04, Bishop, Diocese of Florida)

The Rt. Rev. John C. Bauerschmidt (2009-2015) (H'07, Bishop, Diocese of Tennessee)

The Rt. Rev. Gary R. Lillibridge (2011-2017) (H'06, Bishop, Diocese of West Texas)

The Rev. Dr. Nancee Lea Martin (2013-2019) (T'00, T'08, Canon of St. Mark's Cathedral and Associate to the Rector, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, Washington.)

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Dabney Smith (2013-2019) (H'08, Bishop, Diocese of Southwest Florida)

The Rev. R. Leigh Spruill (2009-2015) (T'96, Rector, St. George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tenn.)

The Rev. Michael R. Sullivan (2011-2017) (T'00, Rector, Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Ga.)

Ms. Margaret Mankin Barton (2011-2017) (C'78; Principal, Barton Strategies, LLC, Alexandria, Va.)

Mr. David K. Beecken (2012-2015) (C'68, H'11, Partner, Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, Chicago, Ill.)

Ms. Kimberly Dupree Belk (2012-2018) (Community Volunteer, Charlotte, N.C.)

Mr. Daniel Duncan Boeckman (2012-2018) (C'82, President, Turtle Creek Holdings, Inc., Dallas, Texas)

Mr. Montague L. Boyd (2014-2020) (C'74, Senior Vice-President, Stephens, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.)

Dr. Joseph B. DeLozier III (2013-2019) (C'77, Plastic Surgeon, Nashville, Tenn.)

Dr. John L. Ford (2011-2017) (Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.)

Mr. Christopher K. Hehmeyer (2010-2016) (C'77, Janla Capital Management, LLC, Chicago, Ill.)

Mrs. Margaret P. McLarty (2013-2019) (Senior Vice President and Investment Officer, Wells Fargo Advisors, Jackson, Miss.)

Mr. W. Alexander Moseley, Secretary, (2009-2015) (C'70, Attorney, Hand Arendall LLC, Mobile, Ala.)

Mrs. Katherine Nielsen (2014-2020) (President Emeritus Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.)

Mr. Lee Muller Thomas, Chair, (2010-2016) (C'67, CEO, Rayonier, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.)

Dr. John M. McCardell Jr., Vice-Chancellor and President: vc@sewanee.edu

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