Jailed Japanese 'Vagina Artist' Will Fight Obscenity Charges
LatestA Japanese artist who was recently arrested after crowd-funding a kayak shaped like her vagina — you know, just casual summer fun — says that she will fight the obscenity charges in court. And then, hopefully, she will continue to dismantle vulvaphobia one vagina-craft at a time.
Megumi Igarashi, who goes by the pseudonym Rokudenashiko, was arrested earlier this week under Japan’s insanely strict obscenity laws — so strict, for example, that all genitals are blurred out in porn, which seems quite counterintuitive to the spirit of the medium. Igarashi’s specific “crime” was sending 3D printer data of her scanned vagina-region to 30 fans who had helped her crowdfund her “pussy boat”. For this offense, 10 police officers showed up at her house and began confiscating her work, and she was then arrested on the charge of distributing indecent material. She now faces up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000. Which, obviously, is completely and totally batshit and unfair.