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Graphic Vagina Valentine's Day Cards Will Get You Ovary Excited For Feb 14

by Alexandra Svokos
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As you celebrate Valentine's Day, you should consider also celebrating the vagina.

This part of the female body is often winced at, shunned and turned into a derogatory term (why must we use "pussy" to describe a weak person?).

That shaming is ridiculous, of course, because without the vagina, we all wouldn't exist — and many of us would be having a lot less pleasure in our lives.

And so artist Laura Fabens-Lassen set out to celebrate the vagina for Valentine's Day. She created a set of cards being sold on her Etsy page for the loving holiday, called "Vagentines."

She told Refinery29 she started making Vagentines for her sister a few years ago. Because, of course, Valentine's Day isn't just about a significant other — it's about all types of love, including love for sisters, sisterhoods and vaginas everywhere.

While they're about vaginas, they're not explicitly vagina drawings.

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The cards feature items that look like vaginas. And there are some fruits and vegetables, along with other natural items.

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In this way, they're kind of like the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe, which are technically flowers, but sure do remind people of vaginas.

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The vagina Valentines all have suggestive language relating to the image, punning euphemisms like, "schuck me."

Fabbens-Lassen said the original version of the Valentines were much more explicit, with full-on drawings of women with legs spread.

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She added it was her sister who encouraged her to draw them for sale. She said,

As years went on — and vagina art really started to trend — my sister suggested they could be marketable, and I made another version last year.

She said she wants to make a new version of the cards every year.

And to make them even more attractive, Fabens-Lassen is donating 30 percent of proceeds to Planned Parenthood, so you're supporting vaginas in more ways than one.

Citations: This Year, Say Happy Valentine's Day With These Vagentines Cards (Refinery29), VAGENTINES (Etsy)