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Gay Men Draw Vaginas

created by Shannon O’Malley and Keith Wilson

Gay Men Draw Vaginas

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Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Minimal Vag and Line Drawings 13 Crotch Shots and Spread Eagles 31 En Repose 57 Buttholes and Pubes 65 Vaginal Wall 86Inspired Vaginas 89 Geometry 107Conceptual and Abstract 123 Animals 137Flora, Fauna and Food 157Vaginal Wall 178Monsters 181Dicks, Babies and Fallopian Tubes 215Talking Vaginas and Anthrovaginal 229Building a Better Vagina 249

List of Supporters 276 Vagina Artists 279About the Creators 282

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Introduction

In 2011, while eating dinner with friends at a restaurant, the topic of “vaginas” came up, as it does. Neither of us remember what sparked this request, but Shannon asked Keith to draw “a vagina” on the table, which was covered with paper and decorated with a centerpiece of flowers and crayons.

After Keith drew his vag, everyone at our table came over to gawk and laugh at it. His creation sparked a totally fun vaginal conversation. To keep the excite-ment going, Shannon asked Keith’s boyfriend, who was also at the table, to draw one. When he did, everyone, again, bitchily scrutinized it and then com-pared it to Keith’s. For the first time ever, we were looking at two vaginas drawn by gay men.

After the fun of drawing vaginas for dinner, we acknowledged that our little art session had surfaced some interesting reactions and questions. But how could we answer these questions with only two vagina drawings – a scientifically invalid sample size?

The only way to set forth on our path of inquiry was to get more vag drawings. So we set up art-making booths in places where gays congregate – gay parks, gay sidewalks, etc – and got them to draw vaginas. For three years we operated a roving vagina collection laboratory furnished with a table, crayons, pencils, markers, and blank paper. Next to our table we hoisted up a giant pink sign that read “DRAW VAGINAS HERE.” It was a barely scientific study. Part anthro-pology. Part relational art. Part performance art. Part party.

All different sorts of people came and asked if they could draw vaginas for us. No matter who they were, we told them that if they identified as a “gay man,” we wanted their vaggies.

These art booths harvested hundreds of drawings. As did our call to friends and networks to let people know we were collecting vaginas. And it worked: people sent us vaginas through the Internet. They handed us vaginas at parties. They even mailed us vaginas. The artwork and people’s responses to it con-tinue to fascinate us.

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Part of what’s kept us interested has been the diversity of vaginas and every-one’s reactions to them. What we’re presenting here is a collection of rep-resentations that move from misogynistic to celebratory, from anatomical to metaphorical. We do recognize that the terms “gay man” and “vagina” are highly charged. They’re related to how we define and conceive of ourselves, and that’s serious territory. They’re also charged at a more macro, societal scale – big heads bandy these terms around and tether them to different and often conflicting agendas. Politicians, cultural critics, journalists, educators, medical professionals. But we aren’t interested in presenting any one particular mes-sage; we’ve gathered “data” and now we’re presenting it.

The project has taken various forms – a Tumblr, a party event, a public to-do, a studio wall plastered with hundreds of vaginas – and we’ve had lots of conver-sations about what we’re doing, what the artists think, what the vaginas might “mean,” etc. We’ve gone lots of places with it, and we hope that the drawings in this book will take you on a similar journey.

Shannon O’Malley + Keith Wilson

Minimal Vag and Line Drawings

Crotch Shots and Spread Eagles

En Repose

Buttholes and Pubes

Inspired Vaginas

Geometry

Conceptual and Abstract Vaginas

Animals

Flora, Fauna and Food

Monsters

Dicks, Babies and Fallopian Tubes

Talking Vaginas and Anthrovaginal

Building a Better Vagina

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Dores Andre

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Aaron and Gina DoonanAaron GreenAdam WilliamsAimeeAlana DoughtyAlec Reynolds Alex ArujAlexandra Lynn LengyelAllison DonnellAmanda AanerudodovskyAmanda KittAmanda PalmerAmber Lea PierceAmy BergerAmy DaSilvaAmy K. EikenbergAndrew MallisAngela RobertsonAngieAnn L’ItalienAnnie Aarons-Sawi Annie SprinkleAnthony WhiteApril DunczaArielle LevyAustenAustin RideoutBelinda Brooks Beth StephensBethanyEvanLilyQuinnBlake Hestir and Jeannine GaileyBohimienne Kali KaftansBrendon ConstansC. and L. Reaganc[r]eativeCarlosCarly Sinclair BrownCarol ThompsonCassandra SimonCelene Hoag

char booth Charles KirkCharlotte LagardeChris CasazzaChris Cerrato Chris TuttleChristin Evans and Booksmith, San Francisco Christopher “Cracker” DavidsonChristopher SwansonChristy Tashjian and Jenni Huntly Colleen O’SheaCookie DauxCourtney ‘Smarmy Cunt’ GaleCrystal Benedicks and James M. CherryCrystal SchaarCunnisonDani AlmanyDani HutsonDanika FedeliDarren Jenkins and Christopher SpindelilusDat PhamDavid OuelletteDavid StromDawn RichardsonDeanDean Fearce and Ruth Liz SavageDevyn CaldwellDiana DeSeranoDJ FingersDonatella DinaDoug Land.Douglas CandanoDr. Nicole V. CoatesDustin

Elisa BlynnElizabeth McCurryEllen FrankensteinEmerson Rodrigues BarbosaEmjay KimErica Hemenway and Marena Tynan La Fontaine Erika Villalba Eryka NematpourEve DaltonFernanda Moreno LapaFiona FrancesFrank JansenFrank LopezFrieda SittGabriel PriceGeoffrey DiceGiulia MauroGlenn David Heron BackesGreg McKenzieGreta SchmidtHamish Gunn Hannah Amelia Jones HayleyHeadplantIan “Zumbido” McLachlanJamalynJan PellJanine MasriJasmyne MiddletonJason Hunt (Christchurch, NZ)Jason KellyJayne HayJean-Antoine MeunierJena CardwellJennifer CorboJerry Brady, Jr.Jess HelfandJesyca Barde

Thank you

Shannon and Keith are grateful to the following individuals without whom this book would not exist.

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Jill SzymonikJim and Khrys BennettsJim Goodwin Jim IndoratoJo and Steve LindsayJoao FedericiJoanna Capps Joanne BartelsJoe ElwinJordan OlshanskyJoy MorganJuan and Jennifer Lopez Julie Levak-MaddingJungshihJustineKalem Milbrandt Karen Garrett Karen H-WKaren KocherKari BedfordKat VanCleaveKate BinnsKate UrquhartKatie AnaniaKelly and Ali GleasonKen GrobeKevin Buxton and Luz MeyerKevin GallagherKevin and Rachael KerrKhiki & JezKimKim SurkoKL MuellerKristen DarlingtonKristen MarcheseKristen SitchlerKristin BeltzKyle HawkesKyle MeyersLarissaLaszlo LaytonLaura “The Ginger Menace” WaiteLesley JohnLisa GoettschLizzi KrestellerLori Farrell

Lorien SporkMaster HansonLuis & AmyMarcia TreidlerMandi ConwayMandy MalloyMarcella BrownMarion RuthMark and Jen Lucas Mark C from Bostonmark del limaMark Lipman and Helen CohenMartin KoschatMary DonachyMaxwell Neely-CohenMegan CoffeyMelissa LindenMichael EnslyMichael P. Higginbotham IIMichael Palmieri and Donal MosherMichael Patrick MartinMichelle Michelle Djorsev Michelle SielingMike HerringMischa Park-DoobMrs BeasleyNatalia LesniakNatalieNezNicholas BelperioNickNicolina NollettiNicoz BalboaOTIS IKEPatrick D. Strieck and Brian J. FanningPatrick FriedauerPatrick Hoffmann and Doug PelczarPatrick McCleskeyPaul David Terry and Kanichi Garcia NakataPaul TeikenPeter Takophred laurie sansburypixelstud

R SherborneRachael Eileen DavisRachael HildrethRachel BauerRae & RueRandy SchragerRebecca “The Vaginator” ButterfieldRebecca SnedekerRen “The Notorious V.A.G.” WalkerRev. Heidi M. ColemanRex ToltschinRhiannon McAwesomepants Pawsey Rick GerharterRiyaz Sharan and Justin StickelRobin WestRoman Martin SilvaRyan Demski Samantha RobinRose PellegriniSanra BerensSara Breselor Helga Freund and Michael J FoxSarah JohnsonS. RosnerSarah SheplerSarah TelfordScott PerinScott CatafaSean BrickellSean Michael Mc KenneyShannon BrownShannon BurkeShawna McDonnellSherry GroutStephanie BradleyStephanie Brantner Stephanie Cozart BurtonStephanie VardavasStephen and Laura BeriauSteve ‘knocker’ JonesSteven VicharelliSuki Lynn Holly WilkieSven Gustav Lees

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T BeriauTaku HazeyamaThe “Boys Are Icky” Girls ClubThe FishingtonsThe Hathaway CrewThe KuGallia Foundation The Meg (Smaker){the}shawnamillerTiffany A. Christian

Tim BalonTimary FeeleyTobias HillenTodd TalaricoTom BollichTonia Lea Hyrkas MillerTracy “Flaps” DeLucaTravis MathewsTT Veronica Suquett

Vic ParsonsVictoria WillisVincent FecteauWill HoldenWill ShownWilliam and James Ash-HouchenZachary MorganZena Rose SchulmanZora Tucker

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Aaron Blumenthal, 135Aaron J., 167Aaron Rivera, 227Aaron Sencil, 191Abraham Flores, 50Adam McDonald, 71Adam Scott, 151Alesandro Larrazabal, 223Amadeus Laurent, 179Andrew Bongco, 232Andrew Hodge, 103Angelo, 85 Angelo Gonzalez, 213Annonymous, 18, 29, 36, 59, 70, 80, 81, 86, 99, 209, 217, 219, 223, 251, 257Anthony Espinoza, 178Anthony Weiner, 145Antonio Contreras, 93Ashley Erickson, 178 Austin London, 154BDGR, 22Ben Aqua 2, 113Ben Colburn, 239Bert Vander Meeveon, 86Billy Roh, 243Brandyn Gallagher, 273Breck, 178Brendan L Davis, 159Bruce Rimell, 133Bryan Miller, 259Byron K. Byrd, 97, 169C. Rebagliati, 178Cameron Swan, 178Carlos Wilson, 140Chance Zhou, 112 Chase Epoch Cameron, 241Chris Dotson, 143Chris Fettin, 129Chris H., 39

Chris Henderson, 111Chris Komater, 23Chris Tran, 94Christian Daniels, 61Christopher Ambridge, 75Christopher Atilano Galvan, 202Christopher Cerrato, 127, 263Christopher Richards, 36Cosgrove Norstadt, 197Croc Hands, 86Curtis Moran, 17Dan Berkowitz, 67Daniel Mantell, 53Daniel Owens, 47Daniel Pearch, 79Darin Little, 68Darren Schroader, 90Dave Binegar, 189David Aguilar, 119David London, 211David Miranda, 203David Ramsay, 105Derek Holderman, 134Destiny Star, 37Dores Andre, 271Dorian Kendal, 102Dr. Pussy, 48Dwayne Alicie, 121EC, 42EH Vag, 43Eli Gould, 86Elwood Miller, 91Eric Cromie, 174Ethan Justice, 86Fano Pablo, 86Felicia, 49Fernando III, 80Francisco, 242Frank, 254Franz Lao, 33

G. Runck, 258Gary, 160Gent Lee Ryder, 247George Carpenter, 205George Crawford, 173Gerald Manoos, 166Gerry Beekman, 101, 255Gregory Shapiro, 77Hamish Chandra, 25Hymen Rosenfelt, 78Ian Kroll, 193Isi Tuifa, 164J. Welch, 178Jack Davis, 86Jacob Davis, 60, 62James Darling, 272James Molito, 55James W. Howell, 178Jason Crouch, 63Jeff Foote, 224Jeffrey Johnson, 116Jeremy Stoker, 162Jeremy Williams, 269 Jerwyn Austria, 92Jessie Johnson, 83Jim, 148Jirafa, 115Joe Elwin, 163Joey Clark, 178John C. Bohm, 178John Gascot, 168 John Holland, 199John Merrell, 27Johnathan Leach, 139Johnathan Thornton, 179Jordan, 141Jose Anotonio, 52Joseph C. Butler, 51Joseph P. Hart, 222Joshua Glass, 187Juan Guierrex, 108

Vagina Artists

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Julez, 58Justin Dias, 45 Justin Pendergrass, 86Justin Winslow, 231Kalani Y., 175 Kanichi G. Nakata, 264Kelsey Beyer, 183Kevin Cheeseman, 178Kyle Kutson, 110Labia Lover, 86Labial Love Bug, 118Larry Carl Collins, 131Lonnie Haley, 95Marc Beuttler, 117Mark Benson, 194Mark Callahan, 54Markus, 86Matt Fernandez, 221Matt Hines, 155Matthew, 26Matthew Norstad, 73Michael Magdaleno, 161Micheal Brodbeck, 20Miguel Aguilar, 114Mike Daniels, 38Milesh, 188

Moses Solange, 186 Nathaniel Goldblatt a.k.a. “Bobby Earthling, 125Nemr Elsotary, 245Nick Time, 41Nico, 69Olof Hansen, 267 Patrick, 76 Patrick O’Malley, 21Paul David Terry, 261Peter Chan, 34Peter Max Lawrence, 225Peter McDowell, 178Pixelstud, 153PJ Raval, 196Prashant Jaisinghani, 149Rache Mar, 207Rally, 147 Ray, 40Ray Li, 46Rick Gerharter, 15Robbie, 178Robert Y Chang, 165Robin Poppins, 265Ronaldo Soto, 253Ronnie Guerrero, 16

Roy, 178Ruso Panduro, 86Ryan Dean Lyman, 86Sean Cratella, 185Senor Candy Store, 177Seretin, 237Sergio Zamora, Jr., 235Seth Shamban, 109Shey Ballzaak, 178Skid Marks, 244Snatch Adams, 86Steve Kornreich, 178Tim Balon, 171TJ Kelsall, 19Tony Asaro, 86Travis Curtis, 201Travis Dean, 152Troy Boyd, 233Tyler Housman-Carver, 234Victor Silvestri, 236 Vinay, 86Vincent, 108Will Chase, 195Yura Valdez, 178

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About the Creators

Keith Wilson is a filmmaker and visual artist, Shannon O’Malley is a writer. They started making things together in Austin, Texas, when they took photos for Shannon’s recipe blog (now book,) Apocalypse Cakes: Recipes for the End (Running Press, 2011). Since then, they’ve both moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and have continued to collaborate. You can find out more about them at www.wall-eye.com and www.shannonomalley.com.

Published in the United States of America in 2014.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without written per-mission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address: [email protected] or Walleye Systems Press, 1777 Yosemite Ave, Suite 315, San Francisco, CA, 94124.

Printing by Edition One Books, Berkeley, California, USA.

Printed and bound in China.

GAY MEN DRAW VAGINAS © 2014 Walleye Systems Press ISBN 978-0-9907649-0-8

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