While artists, both now and in the past, have subverted...

While artists, both now and in the past, have subverted the Barbie crotch and depicted labia majora, pudendal clefts and pubic hair in their work, Barbie crotch remains highly prevalent.

Take, for example, the Pioneer plaque, the first depiction of a vulva in space. Carl Sagan said that the Barbie crotch design was influenced by the way ancient Greeks depicted vulvas. https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/110747221983351656

Like 21 Jul 2023 at 11:10 | Open on masto.ai

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Vagina Museum replied to Vagina

Heavily airbrushed to the point of comedy bikini photo

In the era of airbrushing and photoshopping, the Barbie crotch aesthetic has extended to photos of actual humans, such as this 2021 photo from Kendall Jenner's Instagram.

Photo of Kendall Jenner, a dark haired woman with tanned skin, on a fashion set, taking a mirror selfie. She is wearing a red bikini. The pants of the bikini are very skimpy, and most of the flat, hairless mons is visible. A small amount of bikini covers the bottom of the vulva. No labia are apparent. The image appears to have been doctored by Jenner herself.

21 Jul 2023 at 11:14 | Open on masto.ai

Vagina Museum replied to Vagina

The ancient Greek influence of the Barbie crotch has ultimately influenced us for millennia as to the "correct" way to depict a vulva. And it's highly incorrect. It would take a polymath genius such as Barbie herself to undo the damage.

21 Jul 2023 at 11:17 | Open on masto.ai