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Our Bodies, Ourselves - celebrating women's bodies in pictures

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LangCleg · 08/07/2018 17:05

Lovely, sunny day. I'm in a good mood. Just the sort of mood for celebrating the wonder of the female body. So here's a beautiful clitoris. Awesome, isn't she?

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0ccamsRazor · 10/07/2018 21:09

women of the world ...... I love this video clip, so beautiful, just had to share Flowers

Waddlelikeapenguin · 10/07/2018 20:12

Verbena87 thank you! I searched fruitlessly!
I love it, it makes so much sense.

They look like they would be wonderful to touch Smile is this why my children leap on me if I lie down?

Verbena87 · 10/07/2018 18:23

@waddlelikeapenguin here you are!

Verbena87 · 10/07/2018 18:19

Nicky Spinks is an absolute hero, yes. I want to be her when I grow up Wink.

Waddlelikeapenguin · 10/07/2018 18:11

I love Sheela na gigs

I cant find but maybe one of you will know? There are some carvings that no one understood until someone realised they were women carving themselves as they looked down so boobs, then belly & thighs dominate Smile

Cake in the bath makes me want to bake, but crumb....

WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe · 10/07/2018 17:27

Chickling those goddesses are amazing and beautiful!

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LangCleg · 10/07/2018 17:04

In honour of this thread - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3302548-nicky-spinks-fell-runner?pg=1 - here is Nicky Spinks, a 51-year-old fell runner and the first person in the world to run a double Ramsay Round. She ran 116 miles in under 56 hours.

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Verbena87 · 10/07/2018 11:15

Lee Price paints amazingly - Love this one of hers (because cake in the bath is a Good Idea).

sabinaapplecross · 10/07/2018 10:55

i know that this is about our bodies in picture but i want to add this pod cast from the BBC The Why Factor ..... The Female Orgasm

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04ht7dr

KnitFastDieWarm · 10/07/2018 00:03

I love Clementine Hawarden’s photographs of her teenage daughters, especially this one taken in around 1864. They have such powerful, assertive stances and expressions.

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MsBeee · 10/07/2018 00:01

here she is

KnitFastDieWarm · 09/07/2018 23:53

Has anyone mentioned Courbet’s ‘l’origine du monde’ yet? Beautiful, and I’ll forgive the unabashed male gaze for the reverence the title suggests.

Agreed - it’s a male gaze but the title suggests it’s a gaze that’s full of awe at the creative power of the female body.

Verbena87 · 09/07/2018 23:48

Has anyone mentioned Courbet’s ‘l’origine du monde’ yet? Beautiful, and I’ll forgive the unabashed male gaze for the reverence the title suggests.

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LangCleg · 09/07/2018 23:37

Gifs to die for! And Sheelas!

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MsBeee · 09/07/2018 23:33

Chick oh i love them x

chicklingpixies · 09/07/2018 23:30

Nina Paley‘s Goddesses always cheer me up

blog.ninapaley.com/2018/01/01/24-free-goddess-gifs/

MsBeee · 09/07/2018 20:30

Sheela na gig

Sheela na gigs are figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated vulva. They are found all over Europe on churches, castles, and other buildings. The highest concentrations can be found in Ireland, Great Britain, France and Spain.

Churches !!!

looks like she could give birth to the whole world.

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NoProbLlama78 · 09/07/2018 19:38

Jamie McCartney. There are 400 on there!! I want to take DD to see it when she's older. (I will point out that they're vulvas Smile )

QuarksandLeptons · 09/07/2018 19:29

Who is the artist who did the wall of vaginas Noprobllama78 ? I like it

NoProbLlama78 · 09/07/2018 09:33

Great wall of vagina

NoProbLlama78 · 09/07/2018 09:28

I love this picture

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Typeractive · 09/07/2018 09:06

The human race has neared extinction 3 times, once 70,000 BC we may have dropped as low as 40 breeding pairs.

Omg, I've never heard that before. That's mind-blowing!

orgasm was required in women in order to conceive

Yes, I think I remember that being discussed in Antonia Fraser's The Weaker Vessel.

Does anyone remember that biology programme that aired years ago, which showed the female orgasm? It was amazing - it showed the cervix dipping into the pool of semen to encourage it into the womb.

Yes! One of the most interesting books I've ever read is Sperm Wars by Robin Baker. It describes just how active the cervix is in drawing semen into the womb. The penis merely deposits a pool of semen at the top of the vagina; the real work of insemination is done by the cervix. Wink

He also describes how women (unconsciously) use orgasm to influence their chances of conceiving with any given partner. A strategically timed orgasm sheds cervical mucus and so makes for an easier passage for the sperm.

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LangCleg · 09/07/2018 08:13

I love Chiamonwu Joy's hyperrealist images of women.

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AntiqueOlive · 08/07/2018 22:52

ALison Watt's beautiful Folds paintings.

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