Call for Cunts!
Here is a letter reposted from the lovely Wendy Blackheart. I’m so incredibly excited about this project and hope that many of you choose to participate.
-Essin’ Em
Hello my wonderful friends!
Ok. I’m starting a new project, and I need you’re help. You being, uh, everyone I’ve sent an email to in the past year who might be interested in this project. If this isn’t welcome, I am sorry.
I’m creating a site called Vaginal Revolution, which will soon be located at showmeyourcunt.wordpress.com. (its not quite operational yet. There isn’t anything there) See, I just caught part of a documentary on the BBC about women having vaginal surgery, particularly to reduce the size of their labias. It seems to grow out of a discomfort with what they think of as abnormal anatomy – because they don’t know what vaginas can look like.
Now, I’m not against body modification – I think the changes people willingly and with knowledge make to their bodies are wonderful, and this includes women who decide to modify their genitals in whatever way they choose. What makes me sad, however, is when people decide to modify something as fundamentally beautiful as their vulva because they think its ugly, because they have no one else to talk to.
While I know I’m not the first do try, I want to do my part to demystify our cunts – to share them with the world. We, as sex bloggers, activists and pervs are familiar with a wide variety of beautiful cunts and pussies, and with talking about them, but we’re a small percent of the women in this country who do. So, lets see what we can do to change that!
Back when I was a youngin’, I remember discovering Betty Dodson’s work and website, which I thank for helping me feel good about my genitals – her site had a genital gallery where people sent in photos of their bits to share with the world. I’m sure its still there, and it’s the inspiration for Vaginal Revolution as well – I figure there can’t be too much cunt positivity out in the world!
Basically, I want photos of your vulva. You don’t need to attach your names to them, though I encourage it. I’ll be putting a photo of mine up as well. (I plan to be my flagship cunt. Gotta start somewhere!) But any sort of photo you feel like sharing, please, please do. And while this isn’t geared towards being a wank off site, photos including toys are welcome. Hell, toys, flowers, jewelry, tattoos, piercings, tiny action figures…what ever you want to do! I’d love if you sent a blurb as well – tell me a story, tell me something fun, say whatever you want to say about your genitals, and I’ll put it up there.
Lets celebrate ourselves, our bits, and maybe we can make a little difference.
Please send all photos, comments, all that good stuff to VaginalRevolution@gmail.com. I’d like to keep my regular email from overflowing with vag and make sure I don’t miss anything! :)
Along with a photo, please include: The name, if any you would like to go by, a link to your site, if you have one and want to share, and any stories, anecdotes, comments, etc, that you’d like to share.
If you’re not into showing off your bits on the internet, (and even if you are) please please reblog my request for photos! Send it far and wide! (though I’d hold off on putting up the link to the site until there is a bit more there. Right now, I don’t even have a photo of my cunt yet!)
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Count my cunt in. We’re stoked.
Count me in!
Also, you may want to get in touch with the folks at Vagina Pagina. They did an Everyday Bodies project that includes at least a hundred photos of vulvas.