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Another BBC article: painting vulvas in women’s toilets

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FeminismandWomensFights · 15/05/2019 07:00

No, not this year’s version of ‘vaginal steaming’ , but from the Newsbeat article: ‘Why I paint vulvas in public toilets instead of penises’. (Newsbeat is BBC news aimed at the younglings)

"I think it's important to recognise that having a vulva or vagina isn't something that makes a woman, but for a lot of women that have them they're really important," says [young female person making her living through producing vulva- related artwork].

www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-48260097

I opened the article expecting there to be a pro-woman situation here but it’s just really odd and saddening.

What does ‘make a woman’ then? Why is it so important to centre and recognise a tiny minority of people’s dysphoric feelings before you’re allowed to say that a lot of the women ‘who do have vulvas’ Hmm feel they’re ‘important’?

On the other hand, nice artwork and (hopefully) it will be read by other women as celebrating women’s vulvas in a women’s toilet. All good. But how sad this has to be a subversive way to see art. Someone has put an awful lot of pressure on young women to deny their own reality and to validate others’ feelings way over and above what they know from their own female life experiences. While the BBC are ramming this point home again. Hmm

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Ereshkigal · 15/05/2019 09:31

On the other hand, nice artwork and (hopefully) it will be read by other women as celebrating women’s vulvas in a women’s toilet.

Exactly. That is how the average person would read it. She's skating on very thin ice from the perspective of the average TRA. I don't think she really understands that they want to break all connection between female bodies, women's spaces and the word "woman".

Justhadathought · 15/05/2019 09:42

I think it's important to recognise that having a vulva or vagina isn't something that makes a woman, but for a lot of women that have them they're really important

hhahaha!

FermatsTheorem · 15/05/2019 09:46

Yes Eresh - she's dealing with a constituency who've kicked off over vulva fairy cakes. There's nothing, literally nothing, she could do to pander to them sufficiently abjectly to make a project celebrating biological womanhood and women's bodies acceptable to them.

barelove · 15/05/2019 09:56

I think these are beautiful and inspiring.

Let's have more proactive, public images and declarations of what makes us women. Our vulvas come in all shapes, colours and sizes, how wonderful and rare to see them celebrated without a hint of the male gaze!

I'm so happy for all the women and their daughters that get to use these toilets.

LangCleg · 15/05/2019 10:05

She's skating on very thin ice from the perspective of the average TRA.

Isn't she just!

NeurotrashWarrior · 15/05/2019 19:30

Reminds me of this:

Cunt Coloring Book (Vagina Colouring) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0867193719/ref=cmswwrcppapiii_jQf3CbP2T4N60

I really must get a copy...

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