box complex: in bod we trust
Welcome to bod complex… a shop created exclusively to celebrate the human body! From hand-drawn booby art to nude line drawings to penis prints to cartoon butts, each item in the store is meant to honor the beauty of a nudie.
I drew my first boob art pattern to print on a blanket to give as a gift to a friend who had just started breastfeeding. When she saw it, she wanted one as a gift for her lactation consultant, but she wanted the print on some leggings. Then another friend saw the print and wanted it on a pillow, too. That’s when I realized maybe my friends and I weren’t the only market out there for boobie print goods.
I launched my Etsy shop at the end of 2019, as a tiny side gig, and since then, I’ve gone on to create and add a host of other feminist-leaning designs and make nearly 1,000 Etsy sales. As a feminist I believe that every single part of the female body and feminine form is magic, and that all human bodies regardless of gender or sex are worth being honored and admired—never something shameful to hide and cover up.
The shop has morphed and expanded since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the passage of don’t say gay laws, the attack on trans rights, the rise in censorship of books and media, and the expansion of harmful abstinence teaching as sex ed. I hope I can use it as my attempt to harness the biggest platform I have to showcase the human body as autonomous and powerful and free, something that despite what politicians might try to do or say, is also ungovernable. I strongly believe we all have the right to control and dress and manage our physical forms and express our identities however we please. Even by dressing in clothes that have titties, booties, dicks, torsos, and more. Your body, your choice.
So, shop bod complex to find gifts for a new mom, a breast cancer survivor, an OB/GYN, a nurse, a gay bachelor party invitee, a fellow feminist friend, a lactation expert, a midwife, a surrogate, a boyfriend or girlfriend who wants to celebrate the beauty of their partner’s bod, or anyone who might get a kick or a bit levity or joy from a somewhat irreverent, zero-fucks-given article of clothing, houseware, or accessory.
I hope when you’re shopping you keep body positivity in mind and you remember that all bodies are beautiful, no matter their shape or size.
I think you’re gonna like all the cute stuff in the shop, because after all, bodies are beautiful and bodies make things beautiful. In bod we trust.
