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vagina_museum, 11 months ago to random

We're going to post something that isn't allowed on Twitter: a brief history of the term "cisgender"...

vagina_museum, 9 months ago to random

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.

vagina_museum, 1 year ago to random

Happy #StarWarsDay. Please take a moment to appreciate Count Dooku's balcony in Attack of the Clones (2002).

vagina_museum, 4 months ago to random

We are absolutely obsessed with Gillian Anderson's Golden Globes dress. Zoom in if you can't immediately see why.

vagina_museum, 9 months ago to random

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...

vagina_museum, 3 months ago to random

A hundred years ago, there was a research centre, archive, clinic and museum space dedicated to sexuality. It researched and provided birth control advice, gynaecological services, and trans healthcare as well as doing advocacy work. Its work might seem ahead of its time, even now.

This is the story of Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute of Sexology #LGBTHistoryMonth

vagina_museum, 2 months ago to random

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

vagina_museum, 10 months ago to random

We're seeing more and more accounts on other social media platforms censoring normal anatomical words as if they're dirty - using nonsense terms like "v&g1n@". You'll never catch us doing that. Here's why...

vagina_museum, 11 days ago to random

In May 1988, legislation passed in the UK "prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities. It was in effect for a decade and a half, with massive impact on the LGBT+ community. This is a brief history of Section 28.

vagina_museum, 7 months ago to random

On this day in 1916, the first family planning clinic in the USA opened. Sisters Margaret Sanger and Ethel Byrne, and artist Fania Mindell opened a clinic which supplied barrier contraceptives and provided information about how to prevent pregnancy.

Just nine days later, the clinic was raided by police and all three women were arrested.

vagina_museum, 7 months ago to random

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

vagina_museum, 26 days ago to random

Can a museum exhibition contribute to science? Yes!!!! More than 12,000 people visited our exhibition, Endometriosis: Into the Unknown. Visitors were invited to contribute data to a pain scale. Thousands of responses were made throughout the exhibition...

vagina_museum, 9 months ago to random

In the news: the family of Henrietta Lacks have been compensated, more than 70 years after cells from her cancer, taken without her consent became an industry worth billions. https://apnews.com/article/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-thermo-fisher-scientific-bfba4a6c10396efa34c9b79a544f0729

vagina_museum, 4 months ago to random

Ever wanted to take a university-level Gender Studies course without the eye-watering fees? We're thrilled to team up with the Feminist Lecture Program for their spring term. Over the coming weeks, join us wherever you are in the world, starting from just £1 per lecture https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/events

vagina_museum, 6 months ago to random

Today is #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance, a reflective day to memorialise trans people who have been killed by transphobic violence. This year, 320 murders are remembered. Today we mourn the dead, and resolve to fight like hell for the living.

vagina_museum, 10 months ago to random

Medical illustration of pregnancy and foetus by Chidiebere Ibe, 2020. Ibe is a Nigerian medical illustrator and student who noticed that less than 5% of illustrations in textbooks depict Black skin, and is working to change that.

Ibe has also illustrated skin conditions such as eczema, which look different on dark skin but are seldom included in textbooks.

vagina_museum, 1 month ago to random

IMPORTANT LOST PROPERTY QUESTION! Did anyone visiting the Vagina Museum yesterday lose a little dalek?

vagina_museum, 7 months ago to random

It took us weeks to find a first aid training supplier who had a CPR training mannequin with breasts. We wanted our first aiders to learn correct CPR techniques performed when breasts are present, because our visitors are more likely to have breasts! The default training mannequin doesn't have breasts.

Anyway, a big thank you to Siren Training for procuring a mannequin with breasts for training!

vagina_museum, 9 months ago to random

Today in The Struggle Of Existing As A Vagina Museum In The Digital World: Google have flagged a learning resource as "sexually explicit". As a small charity, we use Google Drive for many tasks, including hosting resources, as it's an affordable solution.

vagina_museum, 6 months ago to random

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

vagina_museum, 3 months ago to random

Now our anatomy display is open, you can ask your date to meet you by the clitoris. If they don't find it, you dodged a bullet. https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/visit

vagina_museum, 10 months ago to random

18 countries in the world currently legally recognise a third sex or gender. Among these countries, the most commonly used third gender marker on paperwork such as passports or birth certificates is X.

vagina_museum, 10 months ago to random

We've found an unwelcome feature on Bluesky: you can't add your own content filters, but it will randomly slap one on sometimes. Yesterday's post, which was as deeply unsexy as it was anatomically incorrect, is "sexually suggestive" according to Bluesky...
https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/110667631171556528

vagina_museum, 6 months ago to random

OLD THREAD REPOST

You all know and love the movie Moana, right? And you all know and love the demigod Māui? Well, Disney and Lin Manuel Miranda skipped a particular Māui story in the "You're Welcome" song. It involves vagina dentata.

vagina_museum, 1 month ago to random

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.