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Viva your Vulva - in Edinburgh

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FarNorth Tue 26-Jul-22 11:31:44

Elaine Miller is funny and factual.

"50% of women aren't sure which is their vulva and which is their vagina. Elaine Miller, a funny, frank, factual fanny Fellow of Physiotherapy doesn't think that's OK. Learn what's in your pants, what an orgasm is, how tell a clitoris from an elbow and importantly, why on earth nobody told you this stuff before now. Elaine won the Comedy Award at Fringe World, was a vulva on CBeebies, said 'fart' on Woman's Hour, presents on women's health in parliaments and wants to change the world, one fanny at a time. Starting with yours."

tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/viva-your-vulva-the-hole-story

There's a Mumsnet thread about it too.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4597473-elaine-miller-viva-your-vulva-at-the-edinburgh-fringe

Baggytrazzas Wed 27-Jul-22 23:56:56

MissAdventure

Ooh it was the wrong fanny vid.
Here's one to tide us over though.

youtu.be/teNgQTrv6pE

so many Fannys who knew? thanks for the link and I remember seeing this on tv at the time, I've still melted just now watching it again.........so infantile. I'm sure most of the other GN contributors being fully mature adults will already have switched off.

MissAdventure Thu 28-Jul-22 00:00:39

This is why a vulva can never hold a candle to a fanny, as far as I'm concerned.

Baggytrazzas Thu 28-Jul-22 00:03:27

MissAdventure

This is why a vulva can never hold a candle to a fanny, as far as I'm concerned.

a candle should never be held near any fanny

Baggytrazzas Thu 28-Jul-22 00:05:18

night night x

Chewbacca Thu 28-Jul-22 00:16:26

Snorting at 00.03 Baggy! grin

icanhandthemback Thu 28-Jul-22 00:45:18

Loved the video and now I'm off to bed (cross legged) giggling at your fanny talk as I go!

FannyCornforth Thu 28-Jul-22 04:15:56

MissAdventure

This is why a vulva can never hold a candle to a fanny, as far as I'm concerned.

I’m not as argumentative wink

GrammaH Thu 28-Jul-22 11:31:33

I'm in the Dr's waiting room sniggering my way through this thread. Funnily enough, I'm here about exactly that part of my anatomy!

Kryptonite Thu 28-Jul-22 11:36:06

Little granddaughter is being taught correct anatomical terminology. She calls it "My gina!" ? Strictly speaking, they've got vagina/vulva wrong way round!

Baggs Thu 28-Jul-22 11:38:16

eazybee

How about people finding out for themselves instead of, as always, blaming the schools.

Yup.

Baggs Thu 28-Jul-22 11:40:00

FannyCornforth

When I was a TA in Y2, a woman employed especially to go around schools and teach Sex Ed (or whatever it was called at the time) taught the kids that the vulva (front bottom) was the vagina.
All the kids had to label the diagrams.
I complained until I was blue in the face, but got absolutely nowhere with it ?

Y2? So 5-6-7 year olds. Do they really need teaching anatomical names like vulva and vagina at that age?

Childofthe60s Thu 28-Jul-22 11:42:08

When my children were small we used 'minnie' as my parents had with me. When one of my sons was around 4 or 5 years old, I had to pop him along to our local A&E for a minor injury. The nurse had an apron on covered in brightly colourd teddy bears. To distract my son from his discomfort, she asked "Do you like my pinny?" He thought she said minnie and went white as a ghost. I'll never forget the look of absolute shock on his face. It only took a few seconds to clock what had happened but it was a couple of minutes before I could stop laughing inside. I had to bite my lip so hard.

Theoddbird Thu 28-Jul-22 11:44:40

Why do any words have to be made up just because of where the body parts are? We don't make up words, for example, for our feet or hands. Use the proper words...teach the proper words.

SparklyGrandma Thu 28-Jul-22 11:48:11

I call them my bits but never had sex Ed at either school I went to. However, my parents hid a copy of ‘Everything you wanted to know about Sex but we’re afraid to ask’.

It was an education though not all of it accurate. ?

Moggycuddler Thu 28-Jul-22 11:52:22

I was surprised/appalled to read a while ago that a fair number of women think they pee out of their vagina.

SparklyGrandma Thu 28-Jul-22 11:56:51

Ltl Eve said "I find it amazing how many women believe that urine comes out of the same opening as period blood.

When, following the Menopause, I started to leak a little urine if I jumped or sneezed, I began to wear little pads. DH thought they were disgusting and wanted to know why I didn't just use tampons as I did when menstruating!

I found it a very strange question from a man who had had a regular, very close up and personal acquaintance with my 'bits' for more than 30 years, Maybe we should have kept the lights on? wink

Granny23 lol at your hubby. I have the continence issue though a nice tablet called solinefacin keeps my bladder happy and less jumpy?

When they shut the ladies toilets for repairs in M&S a few years ago, the cafe next to it became very empty.

We ladies en masse, would visit the loo on the way in, have a chat and a giant strong coffee, then use the loo on the way out.

One lunch time I explained this to the nice - younger - supervisor. She guffawed.

Always happy to entertain.

bee123 Thu 28-Jul-22 12:16:45

The wonderful poet Hollie McNish did some virtual shows in the lockdowns. One was a "vulva special" (starts about 10mins in) youtu.be/9G0ZZPhgmUY

MissAdventure Thu 28-Jul-22 12:20:38

We don't have to make up words.
We want to.
Nose - Hooter, conk, bugle.
Hair - Barnet.
Feet - plates of meat.

Why not? Life isn't one big biology lesson.

Bazza Thu 28-Jul-22 12:37:23

I think ignorance of own own bodies is because our genitalia is neatly tucked away unlike men, which is also why we don’t have so many words for them. Unless you look in a mirror or perhaps are a lesbian it’s a bit difficult to distinguish what’s what, of course there are always books.

One of my friends calls it hers Mrs. Willoughby, no idea why but it makes me laugh. Another refers to her bits generally as giblets.

MissAdventure Thu 28-Jul-22 12:40:40

grin

Baggytrazzas Thu 28-Jul-22 12:50:59

Bazza - lol

Clalgr Thu 28-Jul-22 12:56:54

I had a friend who called hers a fairy.

MissAdventure Thu 28-Jul-22 13:04:55

I love Mrs. Willoughby as a name.

Bijou Thu 28-Jul-22 13:19:34

I lead a very sheltered life and only used words like bum and bottom. My mother told me that the monthlies were just clearing out the body and I didn’t know what a mans sex organs looked like until I joined the WAAF at the age of 19 where we had lectures on VD etc

Maizie Thu 28-Jul-22 13:23:50

So funny ? or is that Fanny