On AlterNet: vagina

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "vagina"

The Absurd Myths Porn Teaches Us About Sex

Noah Brand, Ozy Frantz, AlterNet. March 26, 2012.

Young people who have learned about sex from watching porn have a treasure trove of sadly mistaken beliefs and misconceptions about sexuality.

Eve Ensler Calls for a Billion Women to Strike Against Sexual Violence

Emine Saner, The Guardian. January 1, 2012.

The Vagina Monologues shot writer Eve Ensler to stardom. Now she is a global campaigner who plans to call a billion women out on strike against rape.

What's With Fall TV's Vagina Obsession?

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon. September 26, 2011.

For now, "vagina" is still the Voldemort of prime time, a word that has been unspoken for so long that it has a mystical, fearsome ability to shock.

12 Year Olds Getting Bikini Waxes: Why Do Women Do Such Terrible Things to Their Vaginas?

Jennifer Armstrong, Sirens Magazine. December 15, 2010.

Pouring burning wax onto their genitals has become the norm for many women. Why?

Lysol-Scented Vaginas: The Strange History of Douching

Cherry Trifle, SeXis Magazine. October 5, 2009.

Thanks to a media marketing machine bent on making money by making women feel bad, women used to pour Lysol in their vaginas. Some still douche. But why?

The 'Perfect' Porn Vulva: More Women Demanding Cosmetic Genital Surgery

Rebecca Chalker, AlterNet. August 11, 2009.

Women are risking their lives to achieve an unrealistic and unnecessary ideal.

In Search of the "Perfect" Vagina: Women Spend and (Spread) to Achieve Porn Ideal

Bonnie Zylbergold, National Sexuality Resource Center. April 17, 2009.

The labiaplasty: Yet another symptom of our culture's need to assert control over women's bodies and sexuality.

Vagina Anxiety: The Rise of the Labialplasty

Jennifer Armstrong, Sirens Magazine. June 24, 2008.

Rich people, their plastic surgeons and the always-scrupulous mass media are foisting more body issues on women.

Students suspended for saying "vagina"

Evan Derkacz, March 11, 2007.

Logos Mori: Time to consult The Big Lebowski...