Meet Jill!
Jill lives between New York and London and archives Gloria Steinem’s work. Listen to her talking about her volunteering at the Vagina Museum, a misogynistic and racist cataloging system and the importance of archiving.
ERRATUM: I was not able to find any data about vaginoplasty and other data suggest that the percentage I gave is completely wrong.
Labiaplasty surgery increased by 500% between 2002 and 2012 in the UK. (source: the vagina museum)
According to the ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), in 2016, labioaplasty surgery was the fastest growing cosmetic surgery procedure in the world, with a 45% rise. (source: ISAPS, Global Statics 2016)
The Vagina Museum was founded in 2017 with goals such as raising knowledge, spreading awareness about the gynaecological anatomy and health and erasing the stigma and taboo around it.
ERRATUM: The first mention of the clitoris in literature was in 1545 by Charles Estienne who thought it had a urinary function; Colombo and Falloppio claimed respectively in 1559 and 1561 that they discovered it.
Amy Richards is an American feminist activist. She co-founded Soqpbox Inc. in 2002. She organises Feminist camps
The cataloguing system Dewey Decimal System was first published by Melvil Dewey in the United States in 1876 and faces several critics.
The Feminist Library is situated in Peckham, London.
Digital displacement and public spaces: the case of the Feminist Library in London – Jill Heller
Gloria Steinem is an American feminist journalist and activist who wrote in the New York magazine and co-founded the Ms. magazine.
