
If you can love your vagina, you can love any part of you - not just your belly, your butt, your boobs, and your thighs, but also that thing you did that led to your divorce, that way you treated your child, that betrayal of your own integrity, that episode of cheating on your taxes, that mistake you haven't recovered from, that tendency you have to drink too much, that failure to stay true to your dreams, that way you promise yourself you'll stop overeating even though you never do.
I know. I know. That belly can be hard to love. And those thighs. Those stretch marks. The saggy, deflated, balloon, post-breastfeeding boobs. That wrinkle right between your eyebrows. That chicken neck. That ass.
And the other stuff - sheesh. That might seem impossible to love. Who would want to love mistakes, betrayal, cheating, and lack of willpower?
But the vagina. The vagina is the final frontier.
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Ok. I won't (I'm anonymous, remember?), but 60 other women will show you pictures of their vulvas in the book I'll Show You Mine, by Wrenna Robertson and Katie Huisman.
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This week, I had a patient who came in because of an abnormal pap smear, but we ended up chatting a whole lot more about the anatomy of girl parts. It still amazes me how many of you out there still don’t really understand the Pretty Pink Pussy (that’s code for vagina, vulva, clitoris, etc…you get the picture). So this post is my gift to all of you for whom “down there” is still a mystery. I can see you all blushing now (Oh my, that doctor just said the word pussy!) But don’t be shy or embarrassed. Owning Your Body is all part of Owning Pink, and you have to understand it to Own it. So here goes, Pinkies. You ready?
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