Notices by Vagina Museum (vagina_museum@masto.ai)

Apropos of nothing in particular, let's revisit the not-so-unique reproductive system of Thylarctos plummetus - the drop bear https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/110122758361672222

We usually crosspost to Twitter and Bluesky. Today's thread is less relevant here, which is non-algorithmic. Nevertheless, we're gonna crosspost here to remind you of how good we have it here...
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If you can read this, you probably have your timeline set to chronological posts from accounts you follow. Basic anatomical information is subjected to online censorship. Our posts are frequently shadowbanned or slapped with content filters. Help us break through the silence https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

We are very literally here because of you, our fanny-tastic community of supporters. So enjoy a slice of cake yourselves - you've earned it. And if you'd like to give us a birthday pressie, you can donate to keep the future of this little museum of minges and muffs surviving and thriving https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

And for the astrology-inclined among you, yes, that means the Vagina Museum is a Pisces. Which is fitting, because the fish is the most vulva-associated symbol. Here's a little on the vesica piscis motif... https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/110168921500052009

Hey everyone guess what? IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY! We're eight years old today. And we've defied all odds against us and are still here to celebrate, educate and maybe eat some cake.

Your donations still matter, now more than ever. The real work starts now. Become a part of this historic moment, and donate to defy patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny and attacks on our precious cultural spaces https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

We have hit our target! The Vagina Museum is saved! This #WomensHistoryMonth, together we prevented the Vagina Museum from becoming a footnote in women's history. Instead, we made women's history. This community prevailed against overwhelming forces... in a single day. https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

This month is make-or-break. It is urgent. We have tried our best to make it work by attempting to negotiate with our landlords to pay our rent on a monthly basis rather than quarterly. We've done everything we can to reduce expenditure and bring in income. This is our last chance. https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Around the world, reproductive rights are in crisis. LGBT+ rights are in crisis. Women's rights are in crisis. Arts and culture are in crisis. We are battered from all sides. It has had a serious impact on our short-term and long-term sustainability as a project. We need your help to survive. https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

@kaia As a UK-registered charity, yes this is public data and can be found by searching the Charity Commission.

The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Most people are not aware that penises usually have bones. Most mammals have a penis bone, called a baculum. The reason most people don't know this is because humans are weirdos in the animal kingdom and do NOT have a baculum.

Even though most primates have a baculum, humans don't have one. This has puzzled biologists for years, and tons of theories abound as to why humans lost their dick bones. But we're a Vagina Museum, we're not interested in *that*.

We hope nobody needs to hear this today, but 📢 vaginas do not have a bone 📢

However, clitorises do, in most animals. It's time to bone up on the baubellum, also known as the os clitoridis.

never change we love you

The journey of an average Vagina Museum follower:
Day 1: Gee willickers, I learned an exciting fact about pubic hair today!
Day 10: I am forming a riot punk band called Baubellum and the Gropecunt Lanes.

Word of the day: HEMICLITORES. This refers to the pair of clitorises found in reptiles such as lizards and snakes. Yes, they get to have two.

We challenge you to use this word in conversation today. Hard mode: not in the context of explaining that snakes have two clits.

Also, please note that "clitores" is a plural of "clitoris". So is "clitorises" or "clitorides". "Clitori" is never correct because English is a pile of other languages stacked up in a trenchcoat and scientific language is even more guilty of this.

OP is quite correct in their understanding that the glans of the clitoris has 10,000 nerve endings. The 8,000 nerve endings figure is a myth based on cow clitorises (more on this here: https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/109478463013137768)

Braille, for those of you who do not know this, is a tactile writing system consisting of raised characters which is usually read by the fingers. However, if a braille reader does not have fingers, they can read using other parts of the body, often the toes or the lips.

In this regard, it would be perfectly possible to read braille with the clitoral glans, as braille does not inherently require fingers to read. However, there is a major caveat to this.

The first problem with reading braille using your clitoral glans is one of distraction by becoming immediately very turned on. The clitoris is made from erectile tissue. When you're aroused, it becomes erect, and applies pressure to itself, the vagina and the urethra. Rubbing the glans can provoke this response. It would therefore make reading difficult, although not impossible if you set your mind to it.