It also includes the vagina, which is the inside bit of muscle that connects the vulva to the uterus. The embarrassingly naive bit, on my part, is that the pics in that article left me gobsmacked and I spent ages zooming in and having a really good look — because to put it bluntly, I thought all vulvas looked like a slit on the outside with all the bits and pieces hidden behind. I told you, embarrassingly naive. Just like body shapes and indeed, belly buttons, each vulva is unique to its owner — not good or bad, just different. Post continues below. An innie is when the labia majora is larger and the labia minora is smaller, so not visible unless you, for want of a better term, open up.

You know that moment in Mean Girls when Lindsay Lohan is standing in front of the mirror with her new buddies, listening to them run through a lengthy, detailed list of physical insecurities that she had no idea she was meant to be worried about? It may come as a surprise to some considering the frequent appearances it seems to make in my writing but my lady-box is not something I regularly think about. At least not the aesthetics of it. The shock of that experience literally almost sent me into a murderous rage.

When you were a kid, you couldn't resist comparing outie and innie belly buttons with your friends. After all, everyone knew you either had one or the other, and you gotta admit, it was kinda fun in a weird way. Apparently, your vagina can, too. It's official: Everything I've been told is a lie. Not so surprisingly, an "innie vagina" is when the opposite happens.

Women are more open about their bodies than ever before. From the freethenip movement , to the daring menstrual marathon statement from Kiran Gandhi, there is more pride in the female form than ever before. How was this possible? As the daughter of a doctor, I was pretty sure I knew everything about everything when it came to our fanny region from before I could even use a fork.