Raising the Skirt: The Unsung Power of the Vagina

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Pliny the Elder wrote that a menstruating woman who uncovers her body can scare away hailstorms, whirlwinds and lightning.

And that same year in Italy, anasyrma demonstrations protested against gender discrimination and male violence against women. Born in North East England (UK), Nicola Canavan has been performing and showing work nationally and internationally since 2007 within programmes such as Momentum Festival (Brussels), ]performance s p a c e[ (London), Inbetween Time Festival (Bristol), City of Women (Ljubljana) and SPILL National Platform (Ipswitch). I have a science degree and science PhD and have worked as a science journalist and science communicator since my early twenties but amid all that rationality the esoteric has always fascinated. Women can scare away bears and lions, the devil, calm the seas, defeat armies, avert evil and confer fertility on the land and living creatures – all with a flash of their mighty vulvas. On this pageis a selection of text, videoand image documentation (view images above) from various DIY 11 projects.

Chicago is the Windy City, but that makes no difference to Lindsay Lohan who had her skirt lifted up by the strong gusts of wind bouncing off the high-rise buildings in New York. Many historical references suggest that anasyrma had dramatic or supernatural effect—positive or negative. 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.

Thank you LADA for encouraging these developmental events, which enable artists to really grow from working with each other in a supportive environment. These appeared as counterparts to the phalluses decorated with eyes, mouth, and sometimes legs, that appeared on vase paintings and were made as statuettes.Millie Mackintosh and plenty of other British celebrities experienced a host of wardrobe malfunctions at the 2013 TV BAFTAs.

A story from The Irish Times (September 23, 1977) reported a potentially violent incident involving several men, which was averted by a woman exposing her genitals to the attackers. Kristen Bell just found another use for double-sided tape: on overlap-front dresses with dangerously high slits.

I had such an enjoyable weekend during the DIY, thanks mostly to how it was set up to be exploratory and open from the outset. In 2010 she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Newcastle in Australia. Ancient literature suggests that the figures represent the androgynous Cypriot deity Aphroditus (possibly a form of Astarte), [3] whose cult was introduced into mainland Greece between the 5th–4th century BCE.