Your vulva isn’t something to be ashamed of - with Ellie Sedgwick (Comfortable In My Skin)
KICPod18 Jul 2024

Your vulva isn’t something to be ashamed of - with Ellie Sedgwick (Comfortable In My Skin)

One in six people with vulvas reported feeling anxious or embarrassed about the way their labia looks. The recently published Labia Diversity Report from Women’s Health Victoria surveyed 1,030 women and people with labia aged between 18-50 about how they feel about their labia. They found 31% of those surveyed associated their labia with words like ‘weird’, ‘disgusting’ or ‘ugly’ and one in four Gen-Z were anxious about the way their labia looked.

In this special bonus episode of KICPOD, Laura sits down with Ellie Sedgwick, from Comfortable In My Skin, a platform where she shares photos and stories of the enormous diversity of labias that exist. Laura and Ellie discuss how Ellie went from contemplating a labiaplasty to taking photos of labia for a living, where the pressure to have a perfect labia comes from, and why no one needs to be ashamed of how their labia looks.

FIND OUT MORE

Read the report ‘Real bodies: understanding and celebrating labia diversity’ here https://whv.org.au/resources/whv-publications/real-bodies-understanding-and-celebrating-labia-diversity

Follow Ellie on Instagram @comfortableinmyskin_

Check out the vulva photo gallery here on Ellie's website https://www.comfortableinmyskin.com.au/

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