Vaginal Knitting: VIDEO - 'The Feed' SBS 2

Knitting. With your vagina.

There's not much else I can say after that… except… watch the clip:



This video is from the SBS show 'The Feed' (awesome show on SBS2 - you must watch it), and you can subscribe to all their videos here.

The description from the vid:

"Art takes many forms, from detailed oil painting to a vagina carved out of soap. But just a warning for the squeamish or the easily offended, this is a period piece and it has some strong themes and ideas that some people may find confronting."

The video is produced by Miles Bence. 

The Feed airs weeknights at 7.30pm on SBS 2. You can also follow them on Twitter at @TheFeedSBS2 or click here, follow them here on their website,  and 'Like' them on Facebook here to stay in the loop.


And now, the vaginal knitter - Casey Jenkins - responds...

"Over the past two weeks, over 3.5m people have watched the YouTube clip shot by SBS2 documenting my 28 day performance piece, Casting Off My Womb, at Darwin’s DVAA. The short clip, which SBS2 titled Vaginal Knitting, gives an overview of the work in which I used skeins of wool lodged in my vaginal tunnel to knit a long passage, marking one full menstrual cycle.

My image and work have been consumed, contemplated and commented on by millions across the globe. It’s interesting then, and gives an insight into the performance’s heart, that all of this electronic crackle and buzz has not altered my identification with it at all. My image and imagery of my work has zipped through minds from Nigeria to Taiwan to Finland yet, in many ways, the personal impact has been less than the dreams of a few friends that I felt marked me more firmly into existence.

The response to the clip was immediate, massive and, for the most part, negative, marked with fear and repulsion. The word "ick" features heavily, as do "eww", "gross" and "whyyyy?". Exclamation points are afforded entire comment boxes, broken only by the odd question mark. Everything comes in for criticism; the menstrual blood used in the work probably cops the most, but viewers have taken swipes at my hair-cut, my eyebrows, my skin, my home-city, my choice of words, my knitting technique and the colour of my shirt. The nature of the response wasn’t unexpected, but the scale of it was and it’s been fascinating to watch."

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'Insight' SBS: Kissing Cousins

Again, the SBS show 'Insight' has delved into a world we're curious about. This time, a show on the taboo of cousins in love.

Here is a preview clip:

Across Australia, cousins are having relationships with one another, marrying and having children together. It’s legal in Australia but remains a taboo for many people. In various cultures however it's acceptable.

However, children born to blood relatives are more susceptible to various health problems and there can be an increase in infant mortality and stillbirth rates.

'Insight' host Host Jenny Brockie brings together cousin couples, their families, doctors and geneticists to find out why cousin relationships are both celebrated and scorned.

Guests for the show include:

Kirstie and Lyle Fisher Kirstie and Lyle Fisher initially kept their relationship a secret. They mistakenly thought it was illegal as they are first cousins. When they eventually told people, the family was shocked. Lyle’s sister says she was initially disgusted and still thinks it’s wrong. Kirstie and Lyle now have two children together. Kirstie says there’s nothing wrong with their relationship, it’s just different.

Burak Haliloglu
Burak Haliloglu says he’s feeling under pressure from his mother to marry a cousin back in Turkey. Burak’s parents are first cousins once removed. Although Burak says he respects his parents’ relationship, he doesn’t want to enter a relationship with a blood relative. Burak’s older sister is disabled and he says many people incorrectly assume that it’s because of his parents’ shared blood.

Hythem and Leena Damouny Hythem and Leena Damouny are first cousins and have been married for almost thirty years. Even though they’re happily married, they don’t want their adult children to follow in their footsteps. They say they have been advised by a doctor that their children should not marry their cousins because it could create genetic problems for their offspring.

Alan Bittles

Genetics Professor Alan Bittles from Murdoch University believes there has been a major overstatement of the ill effects of cousin relationships and it’s created an unnecessary stigma. He says generally, a couple who are not related by blood has a three to four per cent chance of having a child with a congenital abnormality. When it comes to couples who are cousins, that rate rises three to six per cent.

Greg Jenkins

Dr Greg Jenkins is an obstetrician at Auburn Hospital in Sydney where he treats many cousin couples. He says there are significant increases in the risk of detrimental outcomes for the children of cousin couples. They include birth defects, still births, miscarriages and pre-term babies.

'Insight' is hosted by Gold Walkley Award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie and airs every Tuesday at 8.30pm on SBS ONE.

To be a part of the conversation, use the hashtag: #InsightSBS

For more on 'Insight', click here.

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'Insight': Sex Addiction - VIDEO previews

An addiction to sex.

Think Tiger Woods and Russell Brand, who both claim to suffer from it. There’s a multi-million dollar rehabilitation industry built around it.

But others claim there’s no such thing as “sex addition”. Unlike drug and alcohol addiction, it’s not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

“This is a load of malarkey”, says clinical psychologist Dr David Ley. “It is pop psychology gone far astray because people are using it as a label to avoid responsibility”.

In this episode of the brilliant Australian SBS TV show 'Insight', meet people claiming to be sex addicts, their therapists, psychologists with conflicting views and loved ones who have been impacted by their partners’ behaviour.

Guests on the show include:

Ken Fergusson says he’s a recovering sex addict whose life unravelled due to his uncontrollable sexual behaviour. Ken says he has never been faithful in any of his relationships and says he used internet dating, pornography and cyber-sex to satisfy his constant need for sexual fixes. Ken is now in therapy and trying to save his relationship with partner Gillian.

“I was literally begging this woman to get her clothes off and get naked on the bed… I wanted a fix” – Ken

Watch his preview clip:

Gillian Robinson is Ken’s partner. She says she’s “been to hell and back” trying to have a committed and loving relationship with him. Gillian has demanded that Ken stop all virtual sex with other women, throw away the contact book and stop viewing pornography. However, she says the lies and the lack of intimacy have taken a huge toll on her. She’s in therapy too.

Dr David Ley is an American clinical psychologist and author of The Myth of Sex Addiction. He says sex addiction is just “pop psychology gone far astray”. Instead he believes cultural issues about sexuality and relationship problems are at the heart of why some people think their sexual behaviour is out of control.

Watch Dr Ley's preview clip:

Jesse Fink says he had sex with hundreds of women after his marriage breakdown. But he thinks sexual addiction is “a crock of shit”. “I think people who are caught out doing terrible things are now just throwing the term ‘sex addiction’ in the air,” he says.  Jesse says he chose to go on a sexual rampage and was not addicted to sex.  He’s written a book about his experiences.

Watch Jesse's preview clip:

A committed Christian, Luke Gibbons had a secret he was keeping from his church community: he was addicted to pornography. After struggling with his desires, he says he checked himself into “rehab” and was put on a 12-step recovery program. Luke says he first started watching porn in primary school and that by the time he was a teenager he was addicted. Luke has since been open about his struggles.

Here is a preview from the show:

Insight is hosted by Gold Walkley Award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie and is unmissable TV every Tuesday at 8.30pm on SBS ONE.

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'Muslim Shore': SBS TV

"Seven Muslims, one house, unlimited prayer."

This is the intriguing tagline for the new, upcoing SBS show called 'Muslim Shore.'

Beginning on Monday 23 September at 9.30pm on SBS ONE, it has been described as a reality-TV-meets-social -experiment, when seven Muslim Australians are "given the keys to a party house with no rules" in SBS’s all-new reality series Muslim Shore.

The network today has just revealed an exclusive sneak peek of the series. Watch:

In the same vein of 'Jersey Shore' and 'Geordie Shore', 'Muslim Shore' brings a particular brand of humour, with a uniquely SBS twist. What do you think of the trailer?

This new series follows every move of these seven Muslim Australians - instant housemates.

These housemates won’t just be playing together, they’ll be praying together too.

Here are the SBS press bios:

Lamees is a hijabi honey with strong opinions who is ready to stir things up in the house.  

Aziz is a DJ with a totally shredded body whose main motivation to go to mosque is to pick up chicks. However Aziz has a dark secret to reveal; one which will shock the house to its core. 

Ayman is a mummy’s boy whose favourite type of girl is really just anyone his mum likes.

Ayman’s mum, Aunty Shiyama has moved into the Muslim Shore pad, and has brought her very traditional values along for the ride. She’s ready to wave her finger disapprovingly at the housemates’ behaviour, but might just be using her time to scout out a nice Muslim girl to marry her son off to.  

Laid-back Mohammad is an average “Mussie” guy trying to play by the rules of his religion. His obsession with Australia might just rub other housemates the wrong way. He’s totally ‘DTF’ - ‘down to fast’ for Ramadan.  

Michelle is an over-zealous convert to Islam and exhibits typical symptoms of 'Convertitis'. She is strong-headed and would like to be known by her new name, Maymoona. However, she is still trying to work out exactly what is halal and haram, and the exact direction of Mecca.

Shazrina is reserved and shy as hell. Given her first taste of independence, Shazrina might just be the “good-girl-who-gone-wild”, once let loose in the Muslim Shore house.   

Legally Brown, featuring Muslim Shore, premieres Monday 23 September, 9.30pm on SBS ONE.

Follow the conversation on twitter #LegallyBrownSBS

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Eurovision Song Contest, by Thereyns Koo

Are you a Eurovision Song Contest fan? Join the millions who are, for either pure entertainment or amusement value. 

Read this fabulous piece by Thereyns Koo about the madness of Eurovision:

Hmm, there's someone performing parkour-like gymnastics in a glass box while a girl dances about in a dress with a 20 metre train being serenaded by a perma tanned buff guy. You know, that old chestnut. Welcome to the madness that is Eurovision Song Contest. 

Growing up a generation that grew up with New Faces and Young Talent Time, it was in 2002 that I finally succumbed to this guilty pleasure. Even though it started in 1956, it still throws an avant garde curveball to showing off how weird and wonderful light entertainment can be. 

OTT power pop mixed with more creativity than a school rock eisteddfod, I am stuck to the TV - force fed a diet of sugary songs each mangling the English language more than the next. I love it, each year I comeback for more. 

Lets start with the hosts. Each year the precious winner host the contest. Last year it was in Azerbaijan, this year it is in Sweden. Invariably the TV hosts are local celebrities comfortable in their own country, but uncomfortable on an international stage. Not only that but they have to be fluent in English and French as well. And as always the scripted humour fails to translate.

Then there are the musical numbers. Each song is a tightly edited snapshot of a nation's aspirations set to music. Each performance is the perfect musical one night stand where you don't care about the next album or how the group came together. 

Manufactured? Hell yeah! Dude from Hungary, I don't care who you were or are going to be, but how are you going to entertain us tonight?

So how does one win Eurovision? What is the winning formula that will see an act get the majority vote of over 39 voting countries? The ideal act seems to be able to incorporate drums, fireworks, velcroed costume changes, drums, lifts or feats of gymnastic strength, smoke machine, traditional instruments or background musicians, drums, the odd former Olympian, sexual ambiguity, fireworks, drums, English lyrics, a wind machine, youth and drums. 

What I love about it is the mixture of dry humour that the Australian presenter Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang. While the benchmark of BBC presenter Terry Wogan's sarcastic put downs were pure gold, Julia and Sam have managed to be reverent and deprecating while getting close and personal to capture this sideshow of wanna-bes and will-never-bes.

But my main reason to love Eurovision is more about me than anything else. As a former fashion and entertainment journalist with two kids, I am writing this absentmindedly on an iPhone whilst packing a dishwasher and collecting Hansel & Gretel-like food scraps from high chairs, floors and benches while my kids are watching ABC 4 kids. Whilst steeling up to address the task of how to get my four year old to take off his Batman suit without tears, I am aware I am a few life choices removed from the in fashion, in time and in the spotlight path these fabulous nobodies are treading. They live a life I don't lead and the escapism is alluring, but it's not my chosen destiny. 

So for one night, every May, it's good to just tune in, tune out and relax as the show rolls on without me. For that one night you get to be entertained, oh and inspired to unleash your inner Simon Cowell.

Join Thereyns and scores of Eurovision devotees worldwide for the final this evening, on SBS TV at 7.30pm.

And here are some Eurovision gems over the years:





And real Eurovision fans will know that Celine Dion won the comp in 1988:

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