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Woman With Vibrator In Suitcase Gets Special Note From TSA
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 24, 2011
Modified Oct 24, 2011
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[UPDATE BELOW] A blogger and co-founder of the website Feministe recently flew from Newark to Dublin, and upon arrival found a very special personalized message from the TSA in her suitcase. Jill, who withholds her last name from part of the Internets, tells Forbes that when she unpacked her bag this morning, she discovered a note scrawled on the official form from the TSA informing her that her bag had been inspected. "GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL," it read.
Jill believes the personalized message has something to do with the contents of her suitcase, which included a silver bullet vibrator from Babeland. She tells Forbes she brought that particular device "specifically because [she] figured it wouldn’t raise any red flags at TSA." Flags no, but something seems to have been raised. Is self-pleasuring really considered "freaky" by anyone's standards these days? Or is Newark airport subcontracting out their security screening to Focus on the Family?
Update: The TSA has issued this statement: "TSA takes all allegations of inappropriate conduct seriously and is investigating this claim." GET YR FREAK ON, TSA!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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