Medusa Recapit(ul)ated: Freud, Female Genitalia and the “Cunt-roversy” at CU
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This paper revisits Freud's famous posthumous essay on "Medusa's Head" in light of a recent "cunt-roversy" at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where a scandal erupted involving the remark made in deposition by the female President of the University (during an allegation against the university) that defended the "c-word" as neither "vile" nor "disgusting." In exploring the reasons behind this "most offensive" word the essay returns to Freud's essay in arguing that the dreaded, decapitated "c-word" replays the drama of the dreaded, decapitated Medusa as a symbol of female sexuality.
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