Sheâs a Japanese artist
Japan, the country with some of the most fucked up pornography and the penis festival
Where the vagina is basically illegal to talk aboutÂ
So she did a bunch of art featuring 3D sculptures of her vagina, including this kayak, and was put in jail for it
She was indicted again in December on obscenity charges for selling vagina art to crowdfund for the kayak and could spend two years in prison
In Japan, womenâs vaginas are treated as though they are menâs property. The trains here usually display pornographic advertisements. As a woman, I find that blatant objectification to be humiliating. Iâm disgusted by it. My body belongs to me.
So, with this project I wanted to release the vagina from the standard Japanese paradigm. Japan is lenient towards expressions of male sexuality and arousal, but not so for women. When a woman uses her body in artistic expression, her work gets ignored, and people treat her as if sheâs some sex-crazed idiot. It all comes back to misogyny. And the vagina is at the heart of it.
The vagina is ridiculed. Itâs lusted after. Men donât see women as equalsâto them, women are just vaginas. Then they call my vagina-themed work âobscene,â and judge me according to laws written by and for men. [x]
She plans to turn her trial in to a manga comic. She seems pretty sure sheâs not going to do any jail time but if youâd like to help her pay for her inevitable fine and court fees, you can check out her online store. There are little glow in the dark vagina characters.
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