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The video went viral: it was two weeks before the presidential election and Putin, facing a wave of unprecedented protests, was feeling shaky. We talked about Derrida and post-modernism, the construction of gender and about performance art, but also about international press coverage of the Pussy Riot case and the growing list of Western musicians—Franz Ferdinand, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting—who had spoken up for the young women. Verzilov and Tolokonnikova had met as students in the philosophy department of Moscow State University, and had been doing shocking performance art for years, first with a group called Voina, after which they founded Pussy Riot. Tolokonnikova was heavily pregnant at the time.

The vagina is, of course, the correct word to describe female genitals. But while 'vagina' is the clinically correct term, squeamishness continues to surround the use of the word. In addition, discussion of genitals male or female is often considered racy or even obscene. Some of these terms are essentially euphemisms—terms that are considered to be acceptable even in the mainstream media.

It takes the form of a bow tied at the neck similar to those tied around the neck of kittens, cats, and the like. While bows at the neck had been worn since at least the 19th century, the term "pussy cat bow" took hold in the 20th century. It is of similar fashion to the bow tie, but has a larger knot and drooping ends.

Term meant to be offensive to both race and gender. The black box for Pres. George has a new black box. Originally a X11 Window Manager.