I came across an interesting project today on the Pozible crowd source funding website.
About the project: What is 101 Vagina?
Please see the main project website here: http://101vagina.com
“101 Vagina is about breaking down the taboos and shame around our bodies in general and vaginas in particular, to celebrate diversity and generate dialogue.
It will be a coffee table photo book with 101 black & white photos and an accompanying message from or about the woman’s vagina.”
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Ok, firstly, I am not going to take them to task (too much) about the name. Really, it should be 101 Vulvas, since thats what they are talking about. It seems to be a very common misconception. A woman’s external genitals is called her vulva. The vagina is all internal.
While I am all for breaking taboos and setting people straight on what a “normal” pussy can look like, I am also big on getting the terminology right!
Still, this strikes me as a good project. Something to strike a blow against the airbrushed anonymity of how pussies have been made to look thanks to John Howard and his ilk passing laws preventing a woman’s inner labia being shown in R18+ rated material sold in this country.
This kind political and moralistic insanity has resulted in countless women undergoing unnecessary surgery to have the size of their inner labia reduced because they have been made to feel insecure about the way that their pussy looks.
I have written about this issue before here, but I love the idea of this book and now that I have a coffee table (!) I most definitely want to have this book on it.
I have pledged $100 to the production of the book, so fingers crossed that it hits its target!
John
What is 101 Vagina?
Please see the main project website here: http://101vagina.com
101 Vagina is about breaking down the taboos and shame around our bodies in general and vaginas in particular, to celebrate diversity and generate dialogue.
It will be a coffee table photo book with 101 black & white photos and an accompanying message from or about the woman’s vagina.