Ever wondered “does my vulva look normal?” or “is my vulva weird?”  In a world where one in seven women have considered getting labiaplasty and 87% of people want the surgery because they are dissatisfied with the look of their labia (Aesthetic Surgery Journal), watching a variety of women with different vulvas brazenly enjoy sex and relish their vulvas can feel radical.

It’s been proven that feeling worse about our bodies can lead to lower sexual self-esteem and lower sexual satisfaction. “Love your body” is easier said than done, when traditional media (and traditional porn) is bombarding us with images that we have to look a certain way. It’s rare we see what different vulvas actually look like, and just how different they can look.

Instead, we grow up hearing jokes about people with “big bushes,” or learn that we should be ashamed of our vulvas for how they smell, taste, or look.

What if we were taught that our vulvas were normal? That vulvas are supposed to smell like vulvas (not roses), look like vulvas, and taste like vulvas? What if we saw a variety of vulvas represented?

People with vulvas deserve to feel confident in their bodies and confident in their deservingness of pleasure.

afterglow’s Vulva Diversity in Porn Compilation consists of five carefully selected films designed to:

  • Showcase real, normal vulvas of different shapes and sizes
  • Show women of different body types and vulvas embracing and owning their pleasure
  • Encourage the viewer to love their cunt
  • Present porn counter to the mainstream view of a “perfect” pussy

Let’s briefly dive into each film and what you can learn:

 

Love Your Cunt sets the tone with a spoken word poem and clips of various vulvas. “Who wants a normal cunt anyways?” Kali Sudhra asks. She then begins to play with her vulva and her clit, and we see her confidently play with her clit and vulva, inspiring the viewer to take their masturbation sessions to the next level of self-love.

Then Lulu comes on the scene, and we get some great girl-on-girl vulva action, with up close licking of a naturally hairy vulva. Kali explains her process, “Lulu likes rhythm, she likes a relentless pressure,” reminding that all vulvas have different needs and have to be learned. Licking, fingering, sucking, and stroking ensures, proving that you don’t need a penis to have an intense experience.  It ends with a close to the poem and this kickass line: Your cunt isn’t on trial, your cunt is the fucking judge.

Questions to consider

  • Which parts of the spoken word poem (if any) resonated with you the most?
  • How would you describe what your vulva likes?
  • How would you describe your relationship with your vulva?
  • Imagine your vulva as a judge. What does it have to say?

 

Between each film we see one of the eleven vulvas from Zen Pussy Meditation, by Joseph Kramer and the famed sex educator & feminist porn pioneer Annie Sprinkle. Each vulva close up shows not only the image of the vulva, but how it moves and changes at different levels of breath and eroticism. Notice how different breathing patterns move the genitals. Contemplating these vulvas can stimulate creativity, access ancient wisdom, dispel shame, bring about enlightenment and arouse plenty of good, old-fashioned pleasure.

Questions to consider

  • Do you know how your vulva moves and changes when it is aroused?
  • How would you feel watching it at the close up of this film?
  • How does your breathing affect your pleasure?

 

Next comes afterglow original Lip Service. Lip Service flips the narrative that we usually see in porn, where a man is usually the center of pleasure. Instead, it features a beautiful and confident woman who knows what she wants and gets it. She isn’t just a passive receiver. She directs the situation by communicating what she wants. “Can you make little circles with your tongue around my clit,” she asks. And, he is happy to receive her instruction and adjust as necessary without the false belief that talking or feedback kills the mood.  In this film, Avery has an “outie” vulva with larger labia minora. This may not be considered the typical “porn” vulva, but in the real world, “outies” are estimated to be about 56% of women, so slightly more common.

Questions to consider

  • What’s something you want to ask for from your partner(s)?
  • What are a few different ways you might say it? How do you think each option might be received differently?
  • Is there something you wished you’d spoken up and said with a previous partner(s)?

 

I Love Girls V by Freshie Juice is a more amateur style. It features two beautiful plus size women in matching lingerie. As Freshie presents her vulva there’s a surprise – she’s got vulva piercings. A fun girlie moment ensues, with Koi Erotica loving on both the piercings and Freshie’s wet pussy. “There’s a reason they call me Freshie Juice” she reveals. What’s great about I Love Girls V is that we see two women who don’t meet the skinny model standards we think of in mainstream porn, letting loose, giggling, and making sex fun. There’s no shame or embarrassment, only pride and pleasure. They express and moan exactly how they feel and oscillate from the flirty to the friendly. “I didn’t know how you’d feel about me nibbling a bit there,” Freshie checks in. This is much closer to a representation of “real” life than no foreplay and two minutes of penetration.

Questions to consider

  • How would you describe the “tone” of your current sex life? How does that compare with the tone you desire?
  • What are some signs that Freshie & Koi are confident about their bodies?
  • What’s something about your body you’d like to be more confident about?

 

Purísima begins with an online exchange of sexy pictures – “que linda (how beautiful)”, “soñé con vos (I dreamed of you)” – in a room full of sexual paraphernalia. Then, we enter Cherry’s dreamland complete with a juicy pop song and the object of her desire on an altar of sexuality. She touches herself suggestively and rubs glitter over every inch of her body. She rubs her clit and masturbates covered in glitter. In this film we see a fat body as erotic and worthy of fantasy and worship. And while the plotline of this fantasy takes place behind the safety of a computer screen, in this film we get to see a fat person as a porn star.

Questions to consider

  • What is your body positive fantasy? How would you like to be worshiped?
  • How did you react to seeing a fat person covered in glitter masturbating?

 

Single Black Female is the final and most “mainstream” film of the bunch, featuring two of the top porn stars of the year, Natassia Dreams and Kira Noir. Natassia Dreams came to fame as a trans performer, and Single Black Female is one of her first films after her bottom surgery.  Natassia catches her roommate Kira sniffing her underwear and touching herself. “Did you like how it tastes? Was it sweet” Natassia asks and Kira confirms. “Why don’t you come get it from the source?” she asks. We then see Kira excitedly lick Natassia’s new pussy, much to the delight of both. While at times a bit campy, as mainstream porn sometimes is, this film is one of the few with a trans woman’s vagina being licked, loved and worshiped. It shows us that all women and all vulvas are deserving of love and pleasure.

Questions to consider

  • Of all the body types, vulvas, sexualities and genders in the above films, which did you find most inspiring? Why?
  • Did any turn you off? Why?
  • What are some things from these films you’d like to bring into your real sex life?

 

Did you notice? None of these films contains penis penetration! This selection is ALLLL about the vulva, and there’s plenty of porn penetration in other films, the vulva deserves some time to be the center of attention.

Want more images of different vulvas? Check out the Labia Library!