My Venus Got a Penis and my Adonis got Their Tits Chopped Off

Magazin and love letter to the trans* community

Zarte Blüten, Haut, Binder. Ketten, E-Gitarre, Dessous. Oder, wie Missy Magazine sagt: "ein experimentelles und kollaboratives Softporn-Mag". Fotografin Frederike Wetzels spürt in der Publikation der Erotik nach, die Körper jenseits der Cisgeschlechtlichkeit versprühen. Das ist nicht nur sinnlich. Wetzels Bilder bewegen sich zwischen teenie-romantischer Inszenierung, melancholischem Witz und fantastischen Geheimwelten. Formal frei und abwechslungsreich, ist der Band eine Wohltat weit entfernt vom Ringen um Authentizität und voller Lust an queerer (Selbst-)Darstellung.

Beschreibung der Herausgeber*innen:

Amsterdam based performance artist and musician Ascan Delarber teamed up with photographer Frederike Wetzels to retell the tale of soft core pornography in My Venus Got a Penis And My Adonis Got Their Tits Chopped Off. The independently published magazine explores sexuality and sensuality, desire and (re)presentation out of transgender perspectives, using picture and text as tools to invite you into a mystical realm of ever-changing chimeras, secret gardens and powerful tarot empresses. As the editorial says:
“The idea of this magazine is to bring some beauty to your hands, to share some pride, some romance, some sex, to show that you’re not alone, that we are here and we are thriving, now stronger and more confident in our bodies than ever.”
My Venus Got a Penis And My Adonis Got Their Tits Chopped Off is the product of a tight collaboration between trans*people and cis people. It was made for trans* people and cis people who are ready to witness the uncensored beauty of being trans*.