We all need to be wearing face masks to protect ourselves and others while the coronavirus is still spreading rapidly around the world. However, one woman decided to put a rather creative twist on the protective covering and has created face masks with crocheted vulvas on them. They are rather intense, to say the least.
- Lulu Geraghty is a bit of a lady part connoisseur. The 42-year-old from Brisbane, Australia is a social worker during the daytime but in her spare time, she loves crocheting tea cozies displaying lady parts in all their glory in various colors, shapes, and sizes. Making a face mask version seemed like a natural next step.
- It’s not protective on its own. Lulu herself added the crocheted face mask over her own protective one and says that alone, the mask is “more of a fashion item” than anything functional. However, she joked that “it will definitely help with social distancing” as people will likely avoid you if they see you coming with this thing on!
- She simply wanted to lighten the mood. Everything is so serious and tense right now, just as it has to be, but Lulu wanted to bring a smile to people’s faces with something a little more lighthearted, hence the new masks. “I had a spare vulva just lying around so I whacked it on, for a bit of fun. It just seemed to lighten the mood a bit. I don’t want to minimize the seriousness of coronavirus but I think we do need to be lighthearted as well,” she explained.
- She started crocheting women’s body parts back in 2017. In order to reduce stigma and open up the conversation about women’s bodies, Lulu thought seeing more of them in their various appearances could help women feel a little less insecure. “I like to be a little bit confrontational and I like to have the competing ideas of something really uncomfortable with something pretty and domestic,” she explained. “What I really wanted to do was break down the taboo – this anxiety that many women feel about the appearance of their vulvas. It’s amazing how many women don’t even know the basic words for their anatomy. I deliberately make them a little bit frilly, asymmetrical and hairy. Every one is different.”
- If you know how to crochet, she even has a YouTube tutorial. If you fancy making one of these yourself, you can have at it with Lulu’s YouTube tutorial. Otherwise, check Lulu out on Instagram HERE.
