Notices by Vagina Museum (vagina_museum@masto.ai)

Here are two very good reasons to buy things from our online gift shop:
1. All proceeds go directly to supporting the Vagina Museum's work, in our physical premises and on here.
2. You get to own cool stuff that you definitely can't get anywhere else.

https://vaginamuseumshop.co.uk/collections/all

📢 For your comfort and safety, please mind the WAP!

The iconic design is now on t-shirts, the perfect reminder to get a bucket and a mop ready... https://vaginamuseumshop.co.uk/collections/apparel

Our bank wouldn't let us put "Twat Union" as payment reference when paying Twat Union for their performance at the museum earlier this month, because "Twat", the name of the group, is apparently Too Rude. #TheStruggleIsReal

We are unfortunately crowdfunding again. We approached more than 15 arts and heritage funders to support an exhibition about menopause. Absolutely none of them chose to do so. We find ourselves in a situation where nobody wants to fund menopause - so we’re asking you. https://www.gofundme.com/f/r9tszw

This week in 1931, a 17 year-old girl called Jackie Mitchell struck out some of the most famous baseball players of their generation, and provoked discourse about women in sport which is still around to this day.

Guess what? It's our BIRTHDAY! We were born seven years ago today! Why not wish us a happy birthday by donating what you can so this year is our best year ever? https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/donate

Whenever we tap "see why" this happens. It's almost as if there isn't a good reason to ban the post 🙃

It's been like that since last night. We can't refresh our feed, we can't post, we can't even on see what grounds they flagged the post on... let alone appeal this baffling decision.

The paintings are:
"Reclining nude" by Albert Anker, 1887
"In the morning" by Leo Putz, 1915.
"Loft Bed" by Anders Zorn, 1919.
"L'origine du monde" by Gustave Courbet, 1866

Here's the original image we posted, which - we reiterate - is of shadowban criteria which exclusively apply to models with pubic hair.

And yes, one of them is L'origine du monde, the one Facebook lost a lawsuit about censoring.

Oh hey, guess what? Instagram quietly reinstated the post and gave us back posting/reading privileges with zero communication whatsoever.

We're not holding out any hope that it won't happen again, but that won't stop us posting muffs in art on there.

We're locked out of our instagram, for real this time. The reason? We questioned their moderation standards in censoring pubic hair in art.

It is true that this lecture on Excreta and the Abject in Art History will contain and discuss images which may make people feel uncomfortable. It is also true that Instagram didn't like it because nipples.

Join us for the online lecture, 6.30pm, 12th Feb https://www.outsavvy.com/event/17619/feminist-lecture-program-collab-excreta-and-the-abject-in-art-history

[sighs] It has been 0 days since a post about Vagina Museum events has been taken down by Instagram.

This time, our pals Feminist Lecture Program had a post taken down about their next lecture. We suspect it was because it had boobs in it. https://www.outsavvy.com/event/17619/feminist-lecture-program-collab-excreta-and-the-abject-in-art-history

DRESSING DYKES. Tomorrow's class in our collab with the Feminist Lecture Program explores lesbian fashion history, hopping from Anne Lister to the Lavender Menace with a few interesting pitstops along the way. Join us online! https://www.outsavvy.com/event/17617/feminist-lecture-program-collab-dressing-dykes-a-history-of-lesbian-fashion

A Certain Type Of Poster, when they learn we exist: but why isn't there a penis museum?
Us:

Almost 2% of the population are intersex: they have natural variations which mean they do not fit into binary notions of sex. There are many different types of intersex traits, and some intersex people have uterine tissue, which means they can get endometriosis. But the number of intersex people affected by this isn't known. Why? Let's explore. #IntersexAwarenessDay

Normally when we post patents, they're late 19th/early 20th century objects for interfacing with vaginas.

This is neither, but we're going to tell you about it anyway.

This is the Apparatus For Facilitating The Birth Of A Child By Centrifugal Force, patented in 1965.

The first research study testing the absorbent qualities of menstrual products with actual blood was published... last week.

Literally, last week. Previous testing tended to use liquids such as saline or water.

Let's take a look and see what they found...

"Cis" or "cisgender" is a term which means that someone has the same gender identity as the gender they were assigned at birth - it means that the person is not transgender.

The word comes from a Latin prefix meaning "on the side of", while the prefix "trans" means "on the other side of". These prefixes also used in biology, geography, chemistry and genetics.