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Kun puhutaan pillusta, kuulostetaan helposti kuivakkaalta tai keskitytään limakalvoihin. Mutta Vulva 3.0 ei tee kumpaakaan. Tiedolla ja myytillä höystetty dokumentti nostaa mirrin pöydälle, ja se on raikas tuulahdus hyperseksuaalisen kuvaston joukossa, jossa jokainen tussu photoshopataan Barbien pimpiksi. Elokuva keskittyy pipariin mielihyvän ja seksuaalisen itsetunnon näkökulmasta ja ohittaa lisääntymisen ja seksuaaliterveyden lähes kokonaan. Se ei kuitenkaan arastele vaikeita asioita, vaan myös naisten sukupuolielinten silpominen otetaan esille – niin poppamiehen veitsen jäljet kuin plastiikkakirurgin tekemät viillotkin. Rakkaalla lapsella on monta nimeä, mutta Richarzin ja Zimmermannin dokumentti ei sorru kiertoilmauksiin ja välttää peruskoulun seksivalistuksen kiusaannuttavat sudenkuopat. Ota siis mukavampi asento elokuvateatterin penkissä, kohota malja naiskehon monimuotoisuudelle ja aloita peukalokyyti ihmiskehon ihmeellisimpään onkaloon, pilluun. Teksti: Sanni Myllyaho (DocPoint)
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Vulva 3.0 is a documentary about not only vaginas of various shapes and the surgical modification thereof (i.e. labiaplasty), but more generally about women’s relationships to their own bodies, influenced by the demand for perfect shapes according to the standards of the pornography industry. It is a shame that the film, which is divided into several blocks that are not thematically clearly defined (this division rather serves a rhythmic function), strictly adheres to the most commonplace form of exposition (various expert talking heads). Only female circumcision is discussed at length in the last third, which leads to a slowing of the film’s brisk pace. Instead of a build-up, the longest scene, involving the surgical alteration of a vagina, comes at the end and we see almost nothing from it. A confrontation of different opinions in front of the camera would be appropriate, but this happens only indirectly by combining shots with contradictory meanings. In its attempt to discuss the subject from a psychological, aesthetic, mythological and medical point of view, the film does not delve deeply enough in any direction. Due to its pioneering nature, however, it can be forgiven for this, as well as for its lack of focus (due to the overly ambitious scope) and prioritising of the voice of those who reject interference with the natural state of the body. From the perspective of more than just gender studies, this is a rather important documentary, as it attempts to remove the taboo from female genitalia, eliminate preconceived notions of what a “normal” vagina should look like, and give a measure of equality to the penis and vagina.
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