You love the word or you hate it. I’m not sure there’s an in between. I was thinking about it today, as a matter of fact, and figured I’d share.
My youngest daughter and I participated in this year’s V-Day celebration by taking part in our local production of The Vagina Monologues. One of the monologues is called “Vagina Workshop” and portrays one woman’s story of taking a workshop that helped women discover “their own, unique, beautiful vagina.”
Yeah, I know that “beautiful” is not an adjective we tend to use in conversations about the vagina — not that we HAVE many conversations about it to start with. Let’s face it, it’s a totally unsexy word. Which brings me to another of the Monologues — other words women use around the world when referring to the vagina — but that’s a post for another day.
My friend, Elke, is an artist, and we WERE having a conversation about vaginas the other evening. Well, not specifically about vaginas, but more about body parts in general which eventually got around to vaginas. There’s a lot of art centered on them, by far more artists than you’d ever imagine. Most of us are familiar with Georgia O’Keefe, and perhaps she was one of the pioneers of vagina art, but just do a Google search on the term “vagina art” and you’ll discover a whole other world — from pillows to mosaics to amazing photographs and more.
Speaking of amazing photographs, you’d be equally amazed at the variety of vaginas. Perhaps you’ve wondered (I can almost guarantee you a majority of other women have wondered) if your vagina is “normal.” Given the results of my own Google search today, I truly believe that the word doesn’t even remotely relate to a vagina outside the fact of whether it has all the correct anatomical parts. Beyond that, every vagina is so unique it’s a work of art unto itself.
The image above is based on a drawing by Elke. I’ve been thinking of adding a section to the site for artwork centered on women’s views of their bodies. What do you think? Have some art you’d like to share?
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