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The Birmingham News ("possibly the most conservative newspaper in the world" -- Black & White) refused to accept advertising for or mention in any stories the play The Vagina Monologues, which hits town today. The News says the word "Vagina" is not acceptable (though a letter in Romenesko points out that the word -- Vagina -- has been used in the paper 43 times since 1993). The city of Birmingham's symbol is a huge statue of a guy wearing only an apron (as this column shows), but the main paper can't say "Vagina"? That seems really odd.

Vagina Vagina Vagina. There, that ought to help the hit counter.