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Winona teen tests the limits of free speech at school (Winona vagina girl update!)
Mpls Star & Sickle ^ | 5-3-05 | James Walsh

Posted on 05/03/2005 5:35:45 PM PDT by Rakkasan1

WINONA, Minn. -- After all the radio interviews, after all the newspaper stories and television stories and hundreds and hundreds of e-mails, Carrie Rethlefsen ended her lesson in free speech and democracy today by doing a simple thing:

She walked into school with her "I [heart] My Vagina" T-shirt's message in plain sight. About 40 classmates had walked in just seconds before after turning their T-shirts inside out.

And, minutes later, she emerged with another lesson learned. The administrators at Winona Senior High School mean what they say. They sent her home for the day.

"I'm happy," said Rethlefsen, 18. "I got my message out there."

What began as a simple act of defiance -- she wore a "I [heart] My Vagina" button to school to raise awareness about violence against women, even after officials told her not to -- evolved into a platform to talk about women's rights, the fight against violence and freedom of speech that she couldn't have imagined two weeks ago.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blue; girl; minnesota; mn; school; schools; state; vagina; winona
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To: Rakkasan1

Proof positive that our culture has produced a generation whose brains are located between their legs.


81 posted on 05/03/2005 6:52:55 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Pray daily for our troops.)
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To: yooper

"One of the most hillarious episodes of my life began in the produce section of my local grocery store."

I tried to pick a woman in the produce section once. I asked her if she could tell me how to prepare squash. She replied " stuff it".


82 posted on 05/03/2005 6:54:43 PM PDT by Rebelbase (The Republican Party is the France of politics--Lazamataz)
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To: metesky

Looks like the chick from the X-Files and Jodie Foster had a love child.


83 posted on 05/03/2005 6:55:05 PM PDT by Clemenza (I am NOT A NUMBER, I am a FREE MAN!!!)
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To: Celtjew Libertarian
How about a T-shirt saying, "I beat my....."?

"NOTHING CAN DEFEAT THE PENIS!"

84 posted on 05/03/2005 6:55:28 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Thank your God if your society celebrates tolerance at the expense of moral correctness)
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To: isthisnickcool

"Who wrote the stuff Laura Bush used the other night?"

I think he is the guy who left the White House this morning with a pink slip in his hand. LOL


85 posted on 05/03/2005 6:56:27 PM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: Rebelbase; yooper
"I find vegetables so sensuous, don't you?"

BTW: Yooper, I think I've heard your story before. It began as "Dear Penthouse forum..."

86 posted on 05/03/2005 6:57:59 PM PDT by Clemenza (I am NOT A NUMBER, I am a FREE MAN!!!)
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To: blackdog

Or how about half the school with shirts~We all love Carrie's vagina...


87 posted on 05/03/2005 6:59:10 PM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailer park!!!)
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To: Celtjew Libertarian
How about a T-shirt saying, "I beat my....."?

I beat my ellipses? I don't get it. (/sarcasm)

88 posted on 05/03/2005 7:00:32 PM PDT by wi jd
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To: Rakkasan1

It would serve her right if everyone left vibrators in her front yard.


89 posted on 05/03/2005 7:04:57 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (FACT: More atrocities have been perpetrated with a hot glue gun, than with a hand gun)
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To: Rakkasan1
evolved into a platform to talk about women's rights, the fight against violence and freedom of speech that she couldn't have imagined two weeks ago.

Let her walk through the streets of Baghdad, wearing that shirt. Then I'll be impressed.

90 posted on 05/03/2005 7:06:11 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (FACT: More atrocities have been perpetrated with a hot glue gun, than with a hand gun)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

transphobia...must be an irrational fear of transsexuals. Not a problem for me - I just dislike them.


91 posted on 05/03/2005 7:06:41 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Nam Vet
Dollars to donuts every young man's father is giving his son a very blunt warning about females of this variety tonight.

No doubt he is using crullers and honey dipped donuts in his demonstrations. These are very hard lessons.

92 posted on 05/03/2005 7:07:53 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Rakkasan1
You don't have the freedom to do or say anything you want on somebody else's property. That most kids believe it works that way, and are never corrected, is one of the bigger failures of the school system.
93 posted on 05/03/2005 7:08:56 PM PDT by MitchellC
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To: MitchellC

Very good point.


94 posted on 05/03/2005 7:14:39 PM PDT by clyde asbury
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To: kingattax

aw heck the whole Blue Collar Comedy crew would have fun with this one.


95 posted on 05/03/2005 8:18:22 PM PDT by AZHua87 (Insurgent BloggerVet!)
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To: AZHua87

lol.."Git-r-done!"


96 posted on 05/03/2005 8:21:51 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: Rakkasan1
"Winona teen tests the limits of free speech at school (Winona vagina girl update!)"

Somehow, the lasses that do these stupid things always have mothers who express mild dismay but observe that her daughter is very strong-willed and determined. The girl might be in desperate need of attention but "it takes an addle-brained mother to raise a nitwit" that advertises the presence of her sex organs.

Here's a photo of the lass. Does not look like an idiot. Just goes to show that appearances can be deceiving.


97 posted on 05/03/2005 10:28:17 PM PDT by tom h
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To: Iscool
Or how about half the school with shirts~We all love Carrie's vagina...

Or, "Carrie's vagina? Been there, done that"

Or, "I (heart) Carries vagina, warts & all!"

Or, just a simple, "Got clap?"

98 posted on 05/03/2005 11:28:04 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The world needs more work horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
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To: Rakkasan1
"I'm happy," said Rethlefsen, 18. "I got my message out there."

I think she'd get the message if she weren't allowed to graduate with the rest of her class.

99 posted on 05/03/2005 11:30:47 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Question Liberalism)
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