Five Vagina Stories That Got Women (And Men) Talking In 2013 #NSFW

Five Vagina Stories That Got Women (And Men) Talking In 2013 #NSFW
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Despite the fact that 52% of the world's population own them and the majority of us (unless you were C-section) entered the world through one, people still have difficulty saying the word 'vagina'.

While many struggle to stifle a giggle or smirk at the word 'vagina' - note: we're going to keep saying the word until it is no longer taboo - the lack of discussion, acknowledgement or visibility of female genitals (unless in private or a porno) has created a larger problem where women lack body confidence and girls as young as 11 and 12 are getting Brazilian waxes.

Tired of this inequality - where men piss up brick walls with little to no shame, while we're stuck in the four hour queue for the ladies, forced to hide away in the cubicle of shame - we've decided to take a stand and report on all weird and wonderful vagina-related stories until we're blue in the face.

From vaginal knitting (yes, you'll have to see it to believe it) and merkins to vaginal tightening cream, here are five stories that got women and men talking in 2013...

Vagina Stories Of 2013
Vagina Cakes(01 of05)
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Vagina Cakes - How To Get Yourself Banned From Baby Showers For Life

Forget the 5:2 diet or the Atkins - after clamping your eyes on these cakes you may never want to eat again.

However, there is one upside: if you're the kind of person who moans about attending baby showers (and let's face it, who doesn't apart from the mother-to-be), bring one of these bad babies along and you'll never be asked back ever again.

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Vaginal Knitting(02 of05)
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'Vaginal Knitting' Is The Latest Feminist Performance Art - But Does It Open Discussion Or Close It?

Meet Casey Jenkins, the feminist performance artist - or 'craftivist' as she prefers to be known - taking the internet by storm with her latest work 'Casting Off My Womb', where she spends 28 days knitting from her vagina.

Yes, you read that correctly. Vaginal knitting.

"I'm spending 28 days knitting from wool that I've inserted in my vagina," Casey explains. "Everyday I take a new skein of wool that's been wound so that it will unravel from the centre and I stick it up inside me... and then I pull out the thread and knit."

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The World's Strongest Vagina(03 of05)
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Tatyana Kozhevnikova, Russian Gymnast Has World's Strongest Vagina

You may be feeling smug about those pelvic floor exercises you remembered to do at the bus stop the other day, but spare a thought for the Russian gymnast who can lift a 14kg kettleball with her private parts.

Yes you read that right. Tatyana Kozhevnikova has the world's strongest vagina.

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Art Merkins(04 of05)
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Art Merkins: 'Lady Mane' Photos Make A Statement, But Is It Lost On The Pube-A-Phobe?

The latest feminist artist to shake her lady garden at mainstream beauty standards (ie. pubeless, Barbie-like women) is 23-year-old photographer Rhiannon Schneiderman.

The message of her 'Lady Mane' series, featuring photographs of a woman wearing a giant, over-styled merkin (AKA pubic wig), is simple: "Fuck you. Enough is enough."

The series is both a beautiful and hilarious ode to women's bodies - hair and all. But does the act of artistic defiance risk getting lost in a society so used to seeing mainstream minges plucked, shaved and waxed within an inch of their lives?

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Vaginal Tightening Cream(05 of05)
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Why I Won't Want to Buy '18 Again' Vaginal Cream at Any Age, ThanksWhen I opened an email to find an advertisement for '18 Again Vaginal Cream', a chill struck me to my core. Eurgh. This was ugly. This was ageism waving a feminist flag.Find out more here