Raising the Skirt: The Unsung Power of the Vagina

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Cameron Diaz is caught by the wind while filming on the set of ‘Knight and Day’ in Boston, Massachusetts on September 28, 2009 6. Megan Fox The culturally framed gesture of lifting the skirt or kilt Copy of a Hellenistic Aphrodite Kallipygos at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Kelly Brook at the Pandora Oxford Street store launch party in London, England on September 5, 2013 10. Paula Abdul

To read Andrea O’Reilly’s piece on Feminist Motherhood go to our link here, and read her piece also live online at ProCreate Project. Art and Performance by Nicola Canavan: Raising the Skirt

Since 1997, Lynn has exhibited and performed extensively in the United States, Singapore, Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic, Turkey, Greece, Argentina, and Canada. Pócs, Éva (2018). "Shirts, Cloaks and Nudity: Data on the Symbolic Aspects of Clothing Srajce, ogrinjala in golota: simbolični vidiki oblačil". Studia mythologica Slavica. 21: 57-95. doi: 10.3986/sms.v21i0.7067. Accounts of how mighty the vagina is – raising the skirt stories – are astonishingly common and long-standing: look at the history, folklore or mythology of any country or culture and you’ll soon find them; they represent a global treasure trove of women’s history. Vaginas, the raising the skirt stories all say, are so powerful that if a woman lifts her skirt to reveal her genitalia she can make a vast array of extraordinary actions happen. The devil defeated by vaginal display: 18th century engraving by Charles Eisen Finding out I was infertile as I stood on the brink of adult life changed me in innumerable ways. Infertility corrodes and maims – but it also transforms. I am sadder but capable of finding joy much more easily. I am wiser and far more aware of how little I knew as a child and young adult about sex and fertility. Infertility was one of the catalysts in my becoming a heartfelt advocate for fertility, sex education and sexual equality. On a lighter note, my not-guilty pleasures include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, tap dancing and Depeche Mode.

We just want to let Kate Middleton know that she isn’t the only one who has suffered a wind-related wardrobe malfunction. In fact, it’s happened to plenty of other high-profile celebrities, including one other royal. Kourtney Kardashian on the balcony of Eden Roc Hotel in Miami, Florida on October 11, 2012 9. Kelly Brook To be fair to Cameron Diaz, she was also running in this scene she was filming for ‘Knight and Day’. There is an inherent contradiction between the physical demands Canavan places upon her body and the stillness that is matched by the slow passage of time. Kristen Bell looking embarrassed while holding her dress down at the “Veronica Mars” premiere in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2014 20. Lindsay LohanThomson De Grummond, Nancy. (2006) Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology. ISBN 1-931707-86-3 Raising the Skirt: ‘La mar es posa bona si veu el cony d’una dona’, is a Catalan belief in the vagina, translated as ‘the sea calms down if it sees a woman’s cunt’. (Images by Dawn Felicia Knox)