THE V WAY
HOW THE CONVERSATION HAS CHANGED OVER TIME
MONOLOGUE YEARS
Eve Ensler’s play The Vagina Monologues premiered in 1996 and inspired V-day: a movement to end violence against women.
VAGINAGATE
US politician Lisa Brown was banned from addressing parliament in 2012 for saying “vagina” in an abortion debate.
PUSSY GRABS BACK
In 2016, a tape emerged of Donald Trump saying women let him “grab them by the pussy”. It inspired Pussyhats at the Women’s March and the phrase “Pussy grabs back”.
NO PANTS ALLOWED
In 2016, Cara Delevingne modelled (pantless) for Lady Garden to raise awareness of gynaecological cancer. Naomi Campbell joined her in 2017.
IN THE PINK
Last month, Janelle Monáe dropped the video clip for “Pynk”, in which she wears pants that bear more than a passing resemblance to a vagina.