BITING PANTIES
A collection of unique organic cotton underwear talismans, hand-painted with original vagina dentata art, empowering you to stay confident, Bite the Patriarchy and challenge the status quo, to wear as inspiring amulet or hang as eye-catching decoration.
"I am amazed how great I feel when wearing my pair of Biting Panties. It feels as if I get an extra boost of energy and strength, so I wear them on special occasions. The images are wonderfully quirky and drawn with skill, care and wit. I already ponder on which motifs I should buy next, and: It’s a really cool gift for best friends, too."
Tash A.
"My Biting Panties are still going three years later, I looooove them, feels like I’m wearing power. They're comfy, really great quality and always get a second look in the changing room."
Dee Mulrooney a.k.a. Growler
The Story:
The Biting Panties were born when I first became a mother. There are no guidelines for the difficult aspects of motherhood, so I turned to the power of art to come to terms with my new role and self. I needed something that would help me process this new experience. Painting panties was also very practical, because I could put them away when my baby needed me, and continue later.
Like most women and free thinkers, I've felt othered by patriarchal and capitalist social structures and the ignorance they breed. Many aspects of our physical and psychological processes and experiences are still taboo, as is abuse and reproductive rights.
Menstruation is supposed to be a shameful secret, motherhood is somehow supposed to happen automatically, and menopause is seen as the time when women go crazy because of aging and losing their sex appeal. Can you believe that the clitoris wasn't even studied until the past decades?
I wasn't prepared that it was normal for a new mother to feel angry or depressed, or that a first birth in later years could trigger peri-menopause.
In the process of creating the Biting Panties collection, I saw how the system we live in has formatted the suppression of the feminine within me – all of us actually, irregardless of gender. The quintessence of that healing process has been the recognition of our connection with everything around.
I believe that remembering that we are communal beings, woven from the same sacred thread of life, is medicine for today's burning world. It's the gift of our mothers, grandmothers and ancestresses, without whose abused wombs we wouldn't be here.
And I also discovered aspects in me which needed to be released, the rage, sadness, and self determination transmuted into a prayer of love through artistic expression.
Creating and wearing the Biting Panties helped me find my own fierce power at the center of my deepest vulnerability.
It is my intention that wearing or displaying these pieces will be an empowering inspiration to you as you reconnect with your inner goddess.
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Each Biting Panty carries a superpower spell.
Read about it and choose the right one for you.
The Biting Panties collection originated during a new stage in womanhood, and takes advantage the healing power of art.
Each Biting Panty is a power talisman with its own spell.
It's about embracing your body and your sexuality.
It's about being able to say no.
It's about not being afraid of raising hell.
It's about being wild and fierce.
It's about giving a middle finger to the patriarchy.
It's about loving yourself, warts and all.
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"The Biting Panty designs are beautiful, organic, natural, delicate, but with a strong and empowering symbolism. Kind of fun that they are in a secret place”
Suzybee
“The Biting Panties hold a deep connection to the Holy Cvnt, to the magic of being and inner wisdom. And I like the bite.”
Uta
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