Based on my own true story, Lady Parts is a dramedy feature film where a young woman’s sex life becomes a family affair when she has to undergo a vulvar vestibulectomy. Her loving, but overbearing parents help her through recovery (despite her cringing) and learn that saying “vagina” loud and proud is the first step to advocating for herself in all aspects of her life.
For years I was struggling with painful sex and it affected every aspect of my life from relationships to my career goals. It seemed that no one was talking about the “taboo” subject and even I was scared to talk about it. After years of doctors not believing my pain, I found a specialist in New York that correctly diagnosed my vulvar vestibulitis and vaginismus.
Eventually I got surgery and did a year of pelvic floor therapy with dilators. After all was said and done, I wondered why no one was talking about this and why I couldn’t find any media about the subject. I wrote a blog post about the surgery and ended up receiving over six hundred views and an overwhelming response from other people out there, who were experiencing similar issues. Once I was able to get myself healthy, I began writing Lady Parts to finally put something out there that no one was talking about but needed to be heard.
Bonnie Gross 