It seems everyone has had an opinion on vaginas (Lady Gaga included). We track the times when our bits became cultural talking points.
It seems everyone has had an opinion on vaginas (Lady Gaga included). We track the times when our bits became cultural talking points.
When “V” Stole The Show
Our she-bits made iconic “cameos” in these TV shows and movies – see how many of them you can remember!
1991 The Baywatch high-crotch one-piece swimsuit is made famous by Pamela Anderson. Today, it’s back on trend thanks to stars like Miley Cyrus and Iggy Azalea.
1992 One of the most talked-about crotch shots in cinema history: the scene in Basic Instinct where Sharon Stone uncrosses her legs to expose her bare genitalia.
1999 Who can forget the character Michelle from American Pie, and how she “stuck a flute” in her vagina one time at band camp to get herself off ?
2001 Sex and the City’s Charlotte mentions her “depressed” vagina, and how she’s “never even seen mine (her vagina) that close” because she thinks “it’s ugly”.
2006 Character Miranda Bailey in Grey’s Anatomy catapults the term “vajayjay” into the mainstream media.
2008 Kate Winslet dons a merkin (pubic hair wig) for the movie The Reader.
2008 True Blood creates an uproar by showcasing a gratuitous amount of full-frontal female nudity.
2011 Ben wa balls become the It sex toy after Christian Grey in erotica novel Fifty Shades of Grey demands that Ana insert them down there before heading to a black-tie event.
2015 In a famous scene in Pitch Perfect 2, Fat Amy (played by Rebel Wilson) flashes her vadge at the President of the United States.
THE DARNEDEST THINGS SAID ABOUT THE V
“Every year, the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap. Over the course of the working years of her life, that’s almost 500 grand. That’s a $500,000 vagina tax!” – Sarah Silverman, writer, comedian and self-described “vagina owner”
“My vagina is like Newark. Men know it’s there, but they don’t want to visit.”– Joan Rivers
“I have this weird thing that if I sleep with someone they’re going to take my creativity from me through my vagina.”– Lady Gaga
“When I came back from the hospital, the first thing I did was go and look at my vagina in the mirror. It looks better-looking than before!” – Kim Kardashian, in Keeping Up with the Kardashians
“Charlotte: ‘Oh my god! Vagina weights!’Samantha: ‘Honey, my vagina waits for no man.’” – Sex and the City
“If you have a vagina and an attitude in this town, then that’s a lethal combination.”– Sharon Stone
“I don’t consider myself beautiful or famous, but my vagina certainly is. Everyone knows this. I have the Angelina Jolie of vaginas.”– Amy Poehler
“My fear of camping: I’m convinced bugs will crawl up my vagina and lay eggs. Isn’t everyone?” – Kathy Griffin
“There’s not one guy who works on that show (Girls) who hasn’t seen the inside of my vagina. This patch – you glue it over your vagina. It gets sweaty and always falls off . My male co-stars, at the end of the day, don’t care.” – Lena Dunham
“And now, like a supermodel’s vagina, let’s all give a warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio.”– Tina Fey, at the 71st Golden Globe Awards in 2014
