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Coochie, Pussy, Yoni, Va Jay Jay, Vagina: What’s In A Name?

Lissa Rankin, January 23, 2011

vaginal names

If you’ve read my book What’s Up Down There? Questions You’d Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, you know that I don’t stick to clinical words for our girly parts. In fact, you’ll pretty much see it all -- fuzzy lap flounder, fabulous furburger, cooch, twat, pussy -- it’s all in there.

I’ve been criticized for being a gynecologist who doesn’t always use clinical terms. I’ve been labeled juvenile, anti-feminist, and anatomically incorrect.

Chapter 4: Sex & Masturbation

Lissa Rankin, September 22, 2010

FIVE DAYS until the release of What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend! In anticipation of the big launch day (Sept 28), this week we are pleased to publish exclusive excerpts and blogs by our very own Dr. Lissa Rankin. Today's excerpt is the intro to Chapter 4 - Sex and Masturbation (i.e., the chapter we're all going to read first anyway). So, an OB/GYN must be a total sexpert, right? Read on to find out!

OB/GYN, Sex Goddess

When people find out you’re a gynecologist, they automatically assume you are a sex goddess who’s got it all figured out. What they don’t realize is that, just because we memorized the blood supply to the clitoris and the nerve pathways of the pelvis doesn’t mean we know anything about sex. Sure, we hear stories. Women talk to us and ask questions, so we gather wisdom through experience. But when it comes to our personal lives, most gynecologists I know are just as messed up about sex as everyone else. Why? Because sex has nothing to do with arteries, neurons, or skin folds.

Vagina Topics You're Dying To Discuss With Your Girlfriends

Lissa Rankin, March 30, 2010

Yesterday’s post “What? We Can’t Say Vagina?” got more traffic than anything we’ve ever posted on Owning Pink. And the conversation is still raging in the comments section of that post, so feel free to let your empowered, honest, authentic voice be heard. It shouldn’t surprise me that women are so hungry to talk about what society still considers taboo. That’s what inspired me to write my book What’s Up Down There? Questions You’d Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend (St. Martin’s Press, Sept 2010). When I asked for your secret questions, I opened the floodgates. Turns out you all WANT to talk!

What? We Can’t Say "Vagina?"

Lissa Rankin, March 29, 2010

Tell me it isn’t true. Rumor on the street has it that TV networks have banned a tampon company for making an ad that uses the word “vagina.” Um, how exactly are we supposed to talk about tampons without using the word vagina? And what’s wrong with that? Vagina vagina vagina! (Okay, did I just sound like a defiant little kid? Good.)

Apparently, after this infamous tampon ad was banned from three networks, they reshot the ad and replaced “vagina” with “down there.” Even with this change, two networks still wouldn’t run the ad. Which means they made a tampon ad without ever once referencing the female genitalia. I mean…duh, people. That’s like making a beer ad without ever referencing the mouth, lips, or tongue. Vaginas are where tampons GO.

Taking Time To Tune Out

Lissa Rankin, November 6, 2009

Hiya Pinkies,

I just wanted to let you know that I'm heading to Big Sur this weekend for an internet-free, kid-free holiday weekend. Pink Goddesses Joy and Megan will be running the Pink show for me while I'm gone, and I know the rest of you will maintain the sacred space, as you always do.