It’s Time For You To Love, Love, LOVE Your Vagina!
Unless you live in the UK you may not have ever heard of a “Mooncup”—it’s an internal reusable menstrual cup for when the red tide rolls in. To advertise said lunar chalice, St. Luke’s advertising firm ran a promotion asking women their favorite slang terms for vagina and then put them all into one handy-dandy ditty on LoveYourVagina.com.
We have to say we’re down for money slot, otter pocket, and super sonic rocket socket. We also like fur burger, bearded clam, and bacon drapes, but those terms didn’t make it into the song. Aww, shucks!
The tune will make you wanna sing along. But remember, boys… this song is for LADIES ONLY!
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
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Very educational article. I’ve never clicked on a site with V@gina in the title. Progress!
They’re environmentally friendly too! — because the average woman uses 12,000 disposable sanitary products in her lifetime and the Mooncup lasts & lasts. Gaia will appreciate the difference.
Which size one requires depends on “pelvic floor tone,” a new piece of vocab, along with “otter pocket” & “fur burger” which I probably—let’s be honest—won’t be using very often.
Ohh, though, “bacon drapes” sounds rather uncivil, dunnit?
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Applause for the jerky cis-sexism at the end. There are plenty of men with vaginas, and that shouldn’t be news to people here. I thought I was on a queer website? Great early impression, I thought I was going to enjoy this zine, but perhaps I’ll have to un-bookmark it. =(
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Why does everyone assume that the singer is pissed because a man is singing about loving his vagina? The first & only thing I thought the first time I saw this is that the singer was pissed that someone (let alone the accompanist) was stealing the spotlight. I mean come on. I’m all about gender equality & fluidity, but let’s not start calling every confrontation between women & a men (or at least, people who appear to be a woman & a man in the case of this video) be about sexism.
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Maybe straight women call it “little man in a canoe?” But as a lez, I am only familiar w/”Lady in the boat”… and when she is drowning I need resuscitation.
As a Coast Guard Vet… I will confess I’m faking drowning, but don’t judge me.
The “rescue” is real.
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AGH I love this. Not so big on her glaring at the pianist, but it never specifically said that it was because he was masculine-presenting, so I’m hoping she was just mad that he was interrupting. I also wish she would’ve mentioned “vulva,” which is the scientific name for the female genitalia.
We need more commercials like this. I am fed up with people tip-toeing around vulvas and vaginae and using cutesy colloquialism. I want celebrations of genitalia that 51% of people have.
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@Dieks: LOL, that was brilliant! I love it when someone can work an analogy like you did there.
The male equivalents of such terms are bland & boring for the most part. I shy away from guys who’ve given their equipment first names. When a guy says “Meet Frédéric,” I’m never sure whether to bow, curtsy, or salute.
Usually I just turn crimson and mumble something like “Er, pleased to make your acquain…..” and look for the closest exit.
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@velocifero: I’m terribly glad that you don’t speak for all gay people! Welcome to inclusion babe. Ladies get some space here too now.
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@ElectricHarpsichord: yeah, it looks like she’s just pissed that he interrupted her when she was getting so into the song, I don’t think it was about him being a man
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This is just horrible and sexist. It’s put out by sleazy straight guys and their female enablers.