Vagina Matters
Vagina Matters – everything a girl has wanted to know about sexual health but was too afraid to ask or didn’t have a chance to learn. This illustrated book will open the doors to previously undiscussed questions on the topic, providing both useful information and most of all – practical tips.
Published in 2019 by Fine Acts
Authors Svela Baeva & Raya Raeva
Illustrations by Mihaela Karadjova
Design and Art Direction by Borislava Karadjova
Used font Glober © Fontfabric
Paperback, 248 pages
Language: Bulgarian & English
We wanted to lift the stigma surrounding talking about puberty and the transformations the body goes through that period, menstruation, sex and much more. These are still taboo subjects in Bulgaria for women of all ages and thus making it very difficult to have candid conversations about sexual health.
According to a statement made by the Ombudsman of Bulgaria only 10% of the schools in the country have special classes on the topic – an abysmal result, which has its physical and mental marks later in life, like a higher rate of teenage pregnancies (Bulgaria and Romania lead this category among countries in the EU).
Sexual health is a big elephant in a small room and this is the reason why we want to encourage and provoke healthy curiosity towards the topic, including important issues such as equality and violence against women.
Endpaper Illustration
Spread Illustrations
Chapter Illustrations and Colours
We used different shades of pink for every chapter and all of the pages. We replaced the red colour of the menstrual flow with pink and decided to use different pink nuances representing the girlie vibes. Down below you can see some of the colour coding.
Letters
For the headline we wrote everything by hand. In the first versions we tried different fonts, but in the end we decided for them to be handwritten.
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