GIRLS
GIRLS
GIRLS
Growing up, learning about sex and masturbation was hushed. I couldn’t talk about my vagina and how I am allowed to experiment with myself. My body was covered because my legs or arms would turn someone on and distract men from their school work, but I could sit in that same room and listen to them talk about their recent hook-ups and measurements. If a woman said something about a vibrator, sex toy, or dildo it was a cliché and made fun of. If a woman talked about sex, she was shamed for being a slut.
This book is here for the sexual gratification for women. Challenging the male gaze, I wrote this for women to know that masturbation is okay and that we should talk about it more. Lingerie doesn’t have to be for men’s pleasure, but to feel sexy in our own personal spaces. Orgasms can be, and should be, talked about between women. Women can go out and buy a vibrator to experiment and masturbate with. Women can have sex for themselves. Women can dress sexy for themselves.
Women have sex.
Women masturbate.
35 mm color film, Holga 120 mm black and white film, digital scans, hand dyed cotton, waxed thread. 2019