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If you create or own art
concerning menstruation or menopause
and are interested in showing it on
thesepages (it's free!), contact MUM
Marie Claire magazine
(Italian edition) featured several
of the above artists in an article about
this
museum and menstruation in 2003. The
newspaper Corriere della Sera (Io Donna
magazine) (Milan, Italy) and the magazine
Dishy (Turkey) showed some of
the artists in 2005 in articles about this
museum.
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The Art of Menstruation at the Museum of
Menstruation and Women's Health
Menstrual blood
pictures
by Petra Paul (Vienna, Austria)
page 1
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All pictures are 30
x 21 centimeters (about 11.1 x 8.2
inches)
and use the artist's menstrual
blood.
NEXT page 2, 3, 4
Interview with Petra
Paul
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Petra Paul writes
(Harry Finley's translation of her
German
e-mail, which follows the
cartoon),
Dear Harry,
I'm happy that
you're showing my pictures on
your homepage. I've had the most
varied reactions to the
exhibited pictures here in
Vienna - some were negative. But
those are mostly from women who
are disgusted by pictures of
menstrual blood. That inspired
me to draw the cartoon that I've
sent you [below].
How did you get
the idea of starting a
menstruation museum? I think
it's great what you're doing -
this museum is probably unique.
Greetings from
Vienna,
Petra
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Translation of
Ms. Paul's cartoon:
Box 1: "Blah, blah,
blah, 33" - "I'm 13"
- "14"
Box 2: "I've got to go to the
toilet."
Box 3: "AAAARGH"
Box 4: "Screech!"
Box 5: "Many women can't tolerate
the sight of blood. Therefore
they're
in a coma 3-4 days every month."
Petra Paul 2003
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Original e-mail,
translated above:
Lieber Harry,
es freut mich,
dass Sie meine Bilder auf Ihre
Homepage stellen. Habe hier in
Wien die verschiedensten
Reaktionen auf die ausgstellten
Bilder erlebt - manche waren
negativ. Es sind aber meist
Frauen, die sich vor
Menstruationsblutbilder ekeln.
Dadurch wurde ich zu einem Comic
inspiriert, der Ihnen gesandt
wird.
Wie kamen Sie
eigentlich auf die Idee, ein
Menstruationsmuseum zu machen?
Ich finde es toll, was Sie
machen - dieses Museum ist wohl
einzigartig.
Liebe
Grüße aus Wien
Petra
More menstrual
blood pictures by Petra
Paul: NEXT page
2, 3, 4 Interview
with Petra Paul
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Interview with Petra Paul and
synopsis of her career (see the
March
update)
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NEXT
artist: Ana
Elena Pena
See all the
artists in the links in
the left-hand
column.
If you create or own art
concerning menstruation or
menopause and
are interested in showing it on
thesepages (it's free!), contact
MUM
See
also
Bea Nettles' art The
Moonsisters
© 2003 Harry
Finley. It is illegal to reproduce
or distribute
work on this Web site in any
manner or medium without written
permission
of the author. Please report
suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org
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