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
e-mail from German, 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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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 these pages (it's
free!), contact MUM
© 2003, 2014 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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