I recently opened an online photo management account so I could upload and share my beautiful vagina illustrations - created by the insanely talented Kate Murray. My photostream needed to be marked ‘public’ in which to create a slideshow through Blogger.
The next day I received an email from the online support staff saying “We've changed the safety level of your photostream." Apparently, the content of the illustrations were found inappropriate by another member, so I was marked as ‘moderate’.
Now I’m a really open person. I’m not afraid to raise embarrassing questions in the lunchroom at work and I often talk about somewhat taboo subjects – not to shock people, but to share my experiences and try to break down barriers.
I’ve since found another online photo sharing service and the illustrations should be rotating on the right hand side of this blog. I totally understand that people could be offended by pornographic images of vaginas, but The Vagina Buffet illustrations are tasteful, well presented vagina muff styles – do they offend you? And if you can help me understand why people could be offended by this, I would absolutely love to hear from you.
Until next time, let’s all love our body parts a little more... Sx