“Female sexuality around the world is targeted because through traumatizing the vagina, you can intimidate women on multiple other levels,” writes Naomi Wolf, author of a new book called Vagina: A New Biography.
Wolf’s article, “Kate’s breasts, Pussy Riot, virginity tests and our attitude on women’s bodies,” was published this week on CNN.com.
We don’t 100% agree with Wolf about porn—Porn 24/7, as she calls it. But we do agree with her in general about women’s bodies and sexuality. She writes:
In the struggle over sex, these choices are where the struggle lies: Who decides reproductive rights; who decides when and how breasts might be exposed; who decides who can say vagina and where; who decides who is a slut; and who must be punished with hard labor for asserting their right to define their own sexual and artistic identities.
The censorship by Apple iTunes, as noted in an article in The Guardian, was shocking enough. Adding asterisks so that the word vagina reads v****a.
We see actions the world over suppressing women’s sexuality and sexual expression.
Still and all, Jennifer Hough, writing in the Toronto Star, says “the widespread activism” about the trial and sentencing of Pussy Riot “suggests these young Russian dissidents are giving the movement new impetus, perhaps even tweaking feminism for a new generation.”
Why does women’s sexuality matter? Why does women’s porn matter? We say: It’s about control. Who controls women’s bodies and sexuality matters.
Yours in good love and sex,
Nan & Christi
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christi@fatalemedia.com
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The Clit Gets an Ad Campaign
Friday, September 13th, 2013We didn’t realize the clit needed its own ad campaign. But according to Sophia Wallace, that’s exactly what the clit—unappreciated, undervalued in the world—needs. And she’s out to make sure the world knows about it in a new “Cliteracy” campaign.
Why cliteracy? Why now?
This is about much more than just women’s sexuality, Wallace maintains.
“Cliteracy is about not having one’s body controlled or legislated. Not having access to the pleasure that is your birthright is a deeply political act,” she told the Huffington Post.
A Tumblr campaign has gone viral, and Wallace plans to take her Cliteracy street ad campaign beyond New York City, where she posts the posters touting Cliteracy.
At base is Wallace’s “100 Natural Laws of Cliteracy,” and the art installations are pointblank: “The clitoris is not a button. It is an iceberg,” reads one declaration.
And if the idea of a “Clit Rodeo” tickles your fancy, you won’t be disappointed.
Wallace says that even in (straight) porn the clit is considered “optional” and “kind of freaky,” we say the clit is rarely ignored or dismissed in the real thing, real dyke sex, between lesbians.
What do you think? Does the clit need its own PR?
Yours in good love and sex,
Nan & Christi
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com
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