RulyMob.com Sponsors V-Day Parody Song, Offers $100 Prize

	posted by Scott on Sunday December 15, @05:03AM from the announcements dept.
	Jack Kammer, a men's issues author and ownerof the RulyMob.com web site, is sponsoring a contest to write a song, "If I Only Had a V", modeled after "If I Only Had a Heart" from The Wizard of Oz. The song is to be a parody of V-Day, and will by judged by its "(a) effectiveness in satirizing the idea that women in western societies are always virtuous, never committing violence themselves, (b) effectiveness in satirizing the idea that women in western societies are oppressed, (c) adherence to the original meter and tone of the song “If I Only Had a Heart,” (d) suitability for being reported verbatim by the mainstream media and (e) humor." Both men and women are welcome to submit entries. The deadline is February 6, 2003 - read the official rules here.

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I wonder if they read (Score:1) by crescentluna (evil_maiden@yahoo.com) on Sunday December 15, @03:07PM EST (#1) (User #665 Info) "Wicked," the bizarre re-telling of the wizard of Oz, where the tin-man was a victim of domestic violence - it was given a rather bit part in the book, but basically the tin man's wife buys a magic axe off the Wicked Witch of the East because she wishes to chop off her husband leg(s) so he won't leave her at home all day anymore. I think that's how it went, it's been awhile since I read it. Anyway, the axe doesn't functon how she thought it would, so it chops most of him up until the only way to save him was to make him tin. I might be making up this last part, but I think he then runs away, then rusts, and meets Dorothy. That's about all the attention the book gave to it, so it's not worth re-reading just to see that, but it was interesting - and sad.

I have a submission... (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Monday December 16, @12:45AM EST (#2) Sung to the tune of "If I only had a heart" from The Wizzard of Oz. If She Only Had a Dart When a gal's soul is made of metal She'll always hit the bottle And yet she's torn apart Just because she's in the Klan She'll stab any man If she only had a dart. She'll put him in a blender, go mental and say it was accidental She's really not that smart. She pigged out with the pharaohs they moved her in wheel barrows, If she only had a dart. Just to register a hand gun Jealousy is her main emotion If she only had a dart. She became a real fat stripper She skewered the biggest tipper If she only had a dart. The Madcap Misogynist

V-Day (Score:1) by Philalethes on Thursday December 19, @09:29AM EST (#3) (User #186 Info) Some readable commentary on the "V-Day" travesty: Camille Paglia: "Eve Ensler's poisonous 'The Vagina Monologues'" "Reactionary, victim-obsessed paleofeminism" Another view: "Will Cupid's Arrows Fly? Not if Radical Feminists Can Help It!"

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