These Random Drawings Of Vaginas By Gay Men Are Mysteriously Hilarious
There could be nothing more random than gay men drawing vaginas, right?
By Sadho Ram
A few years ago, when writer Shannon O'Malley was having dinner with her friend and professional collaborator, Keith Wilson (a gay man), their mealtime conversation turned to the topic of vaginas
O’Malley asked Wilson, a gay man, to sketch his own version of a vagina on their paper tablecloth. Wilson obliged, only to be critiqued and ridiculed for his laughable illustration.
His boyfriend followed suit and the critiquing continued, turning into a long night of “vag chat” as Wilson recently told BuzzFeed.
It became a running joke among their friends, getting the gay men to draw the genitalia they don't come into contact with very often
The results were usually hilarious, sometimes great and occasionally grim. It became so popular within their circle that O’Malley and Wilson decided to issue an open call to the public, setting up drawing stations in some of San Francisco’s gayest spots.
bustle.comThey set up drawing stations in some of SF's prominent queer neighborhoods and created a Tumblr to post the responses, which they aptly called Gay Men Draw Vaginas
Before long, they had hundreds and hundreds of vagina sketches by gay men from around the world who answered the call for illustrated lady bits. Some drawings were surprisingly accurate…
While others took the more whimsical and minimalist approach...
Now, the pair is raising money to fund a coffee table book of collected drawings, which they've divided into sections based on common themes:
There will be a “monsters” section, an “80′s vag section” and a “mystery section,” which could be the largest in the book without surprising anyone.
As O'Malley explained, one of the most impressive parts of the project has been these mystery, or simply more abstract, drawings, because they most successfully transform vaginas into art:
"The guys who’ve tried to draw real vaggies have usually failed; those drawings are basically all the same and boring. But the artists who try to communicate ideas, even if they don’t have any illustration talent, produce the best vaginas. The Cookie Monster one stands out to me as one of these."
The book and the project as a whole are meant to entertain, but also to make the artists and viewers question bodies and sexuality
“We hope it brings up questions like ‘how do people respond to discomfort or ambiguous expectations through art?’ ‘What are the preconceptions we may have about what a “gay” man is or thinks?’ ‘What are prevailing ideas or archetypes we layer on body parts — women’s bodies, in particular?’” Wilson told BuzzFeed.
The Gay Men Drawing Vaginas coffee table book is being crowd funded through Kickstarter campaign
"We've got a well-stocked monsters section, a buildings, systems and diagrams section, flora and fauna, animals, talking vaginas and others. Keith has put the vaginas in a mysterious artistic order so the viewer has a certain, paced experience of the entire collection, like a song. A long, vaginal song."
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Anyone looking to participate in the project will have to act fast – as they are wrapping things up at the end of August
Check out some of the notable vagina drawings:
