Thanks again for helping me
with this, Rose.
I think this is going to be
my best piece yet.
 
No problem.
You wanted me to be naked,
I was already naked.
 
It’s a win-win.
 
Hey, Julian?
What are you painting
exactly?
 
Oh! Your vulva.
 
My vulva?
 
Yes, your vulva.
 
Hey, Julian?
 
Are you painting me peeing?
 
No... I mean, not yet, anyway.
Then why are you using
yellow paint?
Oh! It’s for the shades
of yellow in your vulva.
Shades of yellow! Julian...
I’m brown. There’s no yellow.
Have you never examined
your vulva before?
Examine my own vulva?
What do I look like?
A contortionist mechanic?
That’s not how a mechanic
works at all.
 
Okay, we’re done.
What? Done?
No, no, no...
 
Rose.
You need to know what
your own vulva looks like.
 
Why?
Because you need to know
your body better than anybody.
 
Here... look.
 
Okay.
 
Oh my God!
It looks like a stack
of smoked meat
that’s been left out in the sun
and has turned to jerky.
 
Jerky doesn’t work like that.
 
It’s kind of ugly, actually.
 
It is not ugly.
Do not say that
about your vulva.
Are the hats
that you wear ugly?
 
Sure, you could call them ugly.
Is that blue dress
that you love ugly?
 
Absolutely!
The shoes that you always wear,
are those ugly?
 
Yes!
But don’t talk that way
about your vulva.
But it doesn’t look like
what we see in porn.
Does my penis look
like what we see in porn?
 
No.
 
Right! No, not at all!
 
And I’m okay with that.
 
And you should be too.
 
It is kind of cute.
 
Okay, I like my vulva!
 
I love your vulva.
 
I love everything about it.
I even think it has
a cute smell.
 
Really?
Oh yeah. If I was rich,
I’d make a perfume out of it.
 
Vulva No. 3, by Carnal!
Julian, that is the sweetest thing
you’ve ever said to me.
 
Yeah! I guess it is!
Now can we finish the painting?
 
Okay.
 
Oh! Julian?
You never told me.
What is this for?
 
It’s for my Christmas card.
I’m calling it:
“Winter Vulvaland”.
 
I love Christmas.
The vulva is the external
female genitalia.
 
It includes the pubic area,
 
the inner and outer lips,
 
the urinary meatus,
 the vaginal opening
and the clitoris.
One of its functions is to protect
the entrance to the vagina.
Pornography may
give the impression
that all vulvas are alike,
but in reality,
their appearance varies greatly
from one person to another. 
 
It can be pink or brown,
 
with or without pubic hair,
with a protruding clitoris
or a flatter one,
 
with hanging lips,
 
wrinkled or asymmetrical,
or with inner lips larger
than the outer ones.
 
Each vulva is unique.
Vulvas tend to change
when puberty hits.
Pubic hair appears, inner lips grow,
and vaginal secretions begin. 
Secretions may be
white or colorless,
and often accompanied
by a slight odor.
They serve to keep
the vagina moist, to clean it,
and protect it
against infections.
The vulva should not be
confused with the vagina,
which is the internal cavity
where penetration might happen,
and from which secretions
and menstruations flow.
Looking at one’s own vulva
can prove to be a challenge.
As a result, girls sometimes
have limited knowledge
 
of this part of their body.
Yet exploring it
allows them to learn more
and feel increasingly
comfortable with themselves. 
Getting to know their vulva
and the changes it goes through
can help girls develop
a positive self-image.
I think the vulva
is beautiful,
but it took me a long time
to realize that mine was.
I do!
I like my vulva.
I guess I like my vulva.
It’s okay, so...
 
Uh...
To me, my vulva’s appearance
is not that important.
- Do I like it?
- I love it!
All kinds of pleasure!
Why wouldn’t I like it?
 
Yeah!
- Go first.
- The vulva?
 
Yeah, like...
 
The... vagina?
The vagina
is the inner part
of the female
reproductive system.
 
And...
The vulva is mostly the whole
external structure of it.
So the labia, the clitoris,
the clitoral hood,
All of that area,
basically.
I think the vulva is just
a part of your body.
 
I don’t think it’s...
 
If you don’t like it, I mean...
I’d see it as a type
of insecurity, maybe.
 
But it’s kind of like saying:
 
“Do you like your arm?”
 
“Do you like your leg?”
It’s just my leg,
my arm, my vulva.
When I first saw the vulva,
it was a very weird experience.
And I wasn’t necessarily
prepared for it.
It’s something private
that nobody really sees,
so that’s probably
one of the main reasons
why I don’t necessarily care
about what it looks like.
I actually had this girl
in high school
who literally drew her vulva
on a piece of paper
passed it around the class
and was like:
 
“Does yours look like that?”
Because she was so
self-conscious about
what her anatomy
was like.
 
I...
don’t think the female
genitalia is very pretty.
And I can’t say mine is a 10/10
beauty contest winner!
Honestly, I was
kind of grossed out by it.
You know, it looks weird
and it’s...
 
It’s not very attractive, or...
I couldn’t understand how a guy
could be turned on by this.
But in the end, when you feel it
and you touch it,
you realize it actually
somehow turns you on.
I know some girls
who have...
- Floppy lips, I guess I would say?
- Yeah.
And they’re so
worried about it.
I think labiaplasty is a big thing
now, which is like...
- Whoa!
- Yeah.
As long as...
you’re enjoying yourself...
Why do we put such
an emphasis on esthetics?
Of course it’s okay
to have preferences.
But it shouldn’t
matter all that much.
Why are you having sex
with someone
who’s judging what
your anatomy looks like?
You should not be in bed
with that person
 
if that’s what’s happening.
