This is a Vagina brings you another Period Party, raising money for the ever brilliant Bloody Good Period. Another afternoon of making vulvas, chatting about labia and generally just having a bloody brilliant time. Plus they'll be a period pub quiz, Pin the Clitoris on the Vulva and a vagina raffle!
Not only is making vulvas a fun activity, but we believe that it helps smash the shame around female genitalia. Our idea of a 'perfect vagina' comes from the highly unrealistic and un-representational world of porn and 'designer vaginas'. We grow up thinking that they are gross, they smell like fish and they should always be perfectly smooth and hair-free. And there should absolutely not be anything flapping about outside of your labia majora.
We say bollocks to that.
Vulvas come in all shapes, sizes and colours. They smell like normal, human bodies smell. They have hair. Sometimes they don't have hair. They can be asymmetrical, multi-coloured and have lumps and bumps and ingrown hairs. They can be tucked away or hanging free. They get sweaty on hot days and they are itchy sometimes. We do not need to be ashamed, embarrassed or disgusted by our vulvas. We don't even really need to talk about them and parade them. We just need to accept them as they are.
Natural, wonderful and all different.
So come along, make a vulva, help a good cause and maybe drink a Bloody Mary. No arts skills or creativity needed.
All materials are provided (expect to go home a bit glittery) and all money raised goes straight to Bloody Good Period, the people giving menstrual products to those that need them. People like asylum seekers, refugees and homeless women. We'll also have a donations box so bring along some menstrual products to donate (pads over tampons please, they are much more needed).
Everybody is welcome - you don't need to have a vulva to attend.
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