22/09/2026
What? You think I went to the UKAPP conference, bought all you lot stunning new jewellery and didn’t get something for myself? Please 🤚🏼
I went all out with some Modern Mood Body Jewelry • Natural & CZ Piercing Jewelry 🌟 and it really is serving.
In current movements of reclaiming women’s rights, it is important to reclaim the words used to repress us. Words hold so much power and the majority of anatomical terms regarding women’s genitalia are either created by men or used to cause offence.
How can we move forward when we are still subject to the misogyny of eponyms and the origins of our anatomical names?
Va**na: Sheath/Scabbard. Designed to hold a sword.
The H***n: Greek mythology. A tie to marital status, virginity and ownership by a man.
Pudendum (synonym ‘vulva’): “To be ashamed”, ‘shameful parts’.
Eponyms (named by/after their male ‘discoverers’): G-**ot. Fallopian tubes. Bartholin’s Glands. Skene’s Glands etc.
It’s all very outdated and nauseating.
C**t. Once medical terminology, now weaponised and a huge taboo. Its origins? Up for debate but never linked to misogyny.
Turned ‘slur’, this word was then used to repress women. Reducing our entire identity to our anatomy, stripping women of their humanity and autonomy then being treated as nothing more than a body part to be used at a mans disposal.
It’s an ongoing battle to change its meaning, from feminists fighting the shame around our bodies, to the ballroom scene and q***r community turning it into a symbol of autonomy and feminine energy. The modern piercing movement was built on the same principles so adorning myself with defiant, unapologetic jewellery is an absolute honour.
It makes total sense that the most powerful word in the English language is linked to women. Maybe that’s why it’s being censored.
