Ep 3 - Everything You Wish You Were Taught About Your Vulva with Jo Corral From This is a Vulva

We can all agree that education around women’s bodies is lacking; for a lot of us, we aren’t taught anything past penis and vaginas. Today we’re talking to Jo Corrall about all things vulva – including anatomy, vaginal discharge, female pleasure, and more! This was a super informative episode and I think we’re really going to learn a lot together!

In this episode we talked about the vulva – what it’s made up of, how it often gets mistaken for the vagina, and even the strange names we often call it! Learning our anatomy can seem intimidating, but it actually helps us to empower ourselves. When we go to the doctor (a task that can already seem hard, hello anxiety!), we need to be able to be as accurate as possible about what’s going on with us, and learning the inner workings of vulvas is going to help us get there. We also talked about something that we don’t really like to talk about: discharge. This topic is one that can be a little uncomfortable, but it's something that is totally normal, and really alleviating to actually learn about. Jo truly knows so much about helping us to feel empowered in our bodies, and to learn all about our vulvas.

Guest Expert

Founded in 2016 by, Jo Corrall, This is a Vulva is a sex education and vulva diversity campaign with the aim of stemming the rise in people wanting labiaplasty.

In This Episode We Talk About

00:02 - Who is Jo?
05:58 - The anatomy of vulvas.
12:45 - Vulva checks and what that means.
17:05 - Discharge and how normal it actually is (spoiler: very).
31:35 - Teaching our kids proper terms for genitalia.
37:26 - How to start becoming comfortable with your vulva.
41:37 - Where to find Jo!

Resource Links

Women of the World Festival
This is a Vulva
@ThisIsAVulva
Monthly Vulva Check
The Discharge Gallery
UM Club episode 20 - Rosalia Rivera from Consent Parenting

(Originally published Feb 2022)

Fantastic Episode! Knowledge is empowering.

i love this podcast, I just found it last week and Its my favorite now. This episode is especially important. We all need to learn about our body and explore it. I was taught nothing growing up and as a 35 year old woman, its embarassing and has hindered me most of my life. I wish the female body wasnt so stigmatized. I love that Jo is empowering us. She is also trying hard to be inclusive which is amazing. love love love it