Recently, parents in Pawtucket-Cumberland-Woonsocket Rhode Island claimed that my essay, HOW TO KILL A BOY THAT NOBODY LIKES was pornographic. Turns out the story was assigned to their daughter's high school English class, and when she brought it home....well, said parents flipped out. They even went so far as to get on the local TV news and "decry the story." Whatever that means.
To be completely honest, the essay does explore sex in a very round about way (i.e. being a teenage male = being tormented by sex). And admittedly, I do drop some dirty words, but it's hardly Big Nasty Butts magazine or the like. Anyway, this seems to have created quite a fracas in the little towns of Pawtucket, Cumberland and Woonsocket. In fact, it is the # 2 most viewed news story on the town newspaper's website. #1 being about a man found bludgeoned to death and left under his SUV.
Anyway, the above is an image from my allegedly pornographic story. It's a campaign poster that I made when I ran for Student Council treasurer in 1987 at Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, LA.
According to this subliminal advertising book that I read in high school, the hidden dirty word (see if you can find it), will activate some evil, repressed part of your psyche, and you will do what the poster says. Best of all, you won't even know that your hidden desires are making you do it!
So leave me a comment and let me know if you are now suddenly overtaken with the uncontrollable urge to make me your Student Council Trea$urer!!! Or better yet, tell me if you can see the dirty word that I hid in the poster to force you to do my bidding. Muh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Yes, be a treasurer again! I'll give you all my money.
Parents of Pawtucket:
Get a life.
Have some sex.
And quit picking on Will.
Vote for Will.
He's the best.
He's Will Cwalk.
Posted by: Karen | October 16, 2007 at 11:56 PM
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
CLEVER!!!!
i think it's pretty awesome that you still have the poster. i would SOOOoooo have voted for you...even if i went to an all girls catholic school. shhhh....i thought A LOT about the
ESS - EE -- EX
sshhhhhhh
awesome.
VOTE FOR WILL!
Posted by: lucy | October 17, 2007 at 08:37 AM
oh and one more thing....you're the number one story now! whooop!
Posted by: lucy | October 17, 2007 at 08:46 AM
I saw the word, and I now feel shame. However, I must speak out in defense of Big Nasty Butts magazine. While some of the photography is crude, the articles are informative and timely.
Posted by: Frank | October 17, 2007 at 12:45 PM
I couldn't find the word, but will you have sex with me for money?
Now, why did I say that?
Posted by: Deanna | October 19, 2007 at 08:23 AM
i can't see it
help?
Posted by: blaze | January 22, 2009 at 05:35 AM