http://www.themuffia.co.uk en-gb themuffia.co.uk 2011-12-10T00:00:00Z themuffia.co.uk http://www.themuffia.co.uk/page6.htm#108482 Response to todays Muff March from Sinead.The Muffia featured in the Guardian yesterday as having been part of the organisation of the Muff March which took place today. The march was a protest against labiaplasty cosmetic surgery. We were not involved in the organisation of the march the organisers used the Muff wig and have said they took inspiration from The Muffia.We fully support the march. However I do not protest I am an artist. And I have many questions about the topic of this particular type of surgery and speaking out against it.Who are the women who are having cosmetic surgery on the genitals Should they have a voice Feminism has often spoken on behalf of women without talking to and listening to women about their lived experience.How would a woman having had genital cosmetic surgery feel if she saw the marchDo these women possibly suffer with body dismorphia and therefore is having genital surgery actually part of a very deep psychologicalemotional problem that needs to be ... 2011-12-10 18:03:07 http://www.themuffia.co.uk/page6.htm#108477 The Muffia speech at the MUFF MARCH 10th December 2011We were invited by www.UKFeminista.org.ukThank you all for being here your presence is a sign that people are no longer prepared to passively accept the profitable hatred of women and the commoditisation of human beings.This is the beginning of the counterrevolutionI am Katie OBrien an Artist from The Muffia.Historically they told usWe couldnt TALKTHEN they told us we couldnt VOTETHEN they told us we couldnt DRIVENOW they are telling US we cant be WOMEN. Popular Pornograhic aesthetic tells us we need to have childlike or grossly enlarged genitals to be accepted.It is increasingly popular to get a Labiaplasty which is slicing away of flesh that someone else has told us we shouldnt have.Harley Street traditionally offers Female Circumcision which we used to consider an out of date BRUTALITY.Labiaplasty and female circumcision are the same. Genital mutilationNow its in YOUR High St.Volvas are for sexual stimulation and childbirth Not... 2011-12-10 16:19:46