Who Wuzz Vulgar Buzz?

What thoughtful feminist created the Vulgar Buzz Images?

I certainly couldn’t figure it out when I was on their website in 2023 as they were very clever about covering their tracks. The site may only have been up for a few weeks and then it disappeared. Being a bit triggered because of my own experience with abortion, I’m glad I had the presence of mind to save the images while I was there so I could use them as food for thought and a guilty giggle with my girlfriends.

I had some theories on who she was, however. There was no reason to think it couldn’t have come from some thoughtful feminists in Ireland, perhaps even Dublin. Perhaps it was aimed at famous public figures and their opinions on the matter. Liam Neeson, Bono, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Melania Trump come to mind. 

Another thought was that it might be an Irish abortion survivor. (Of course until 2019, Irish women had to go to Britain for their abortions, so technically she survived abortion in Britain.) It is a little known fact that there are many abortion survivors around the world that are starting to network and make their voices heard. Perhaps she was one of those who never connected with one of the helpful groups to assist her in processing her trauma.

Perhaps it was simply a fan of The Derry Girls imagining what Michelle (Jamie Lee O’Donnell) would say as a fetus under threat of imminent violent death. My girlfriends and I leaned toward this last thought and that is why we subtitle every Vulgar Buzz Original image (VBO) with the acronym WWMSU (What Would Michelle Say in Utero?).

It turns out all these guesses were very nearly true. 

Within hours after purchasing and redirecting "TheVulgarBuzz.com" domain to this page I received an email from the person who created the original images. She is indeed an abortion survivor who had an axe to grind at the time the images were made. She created them to release the pent up rage she was feeling at the suggestion of her therapist. She also confirmed that she is a big fan of the Derry Girls (especially Michelle) and that she now resides in Dublin.

She wrote to say that she loves our site and hopes we will keep it up. It was comforting to hear that she had connected with other abortion survivors and was working through the trauma. She refers to herself now as "a thoughtful feminist traumatized by misguided feminists".

I responded to her email, thanking her and guaranteeing her anonymity.

Crass, vulgar and shocking as they may be, there are points worth considering in each image. This is the entire purpose of "What Would Female Fetuses Say?"; to be curious and kind to those who may use the language of Mordor to forcefully expose the illogic of Mordor... then to transform it into a more civil tongue for sensitive souls... to change the diapers, do away with the stench and translate harsh infantile expressions into a civil tongue like any mom would. (In her email, Ms. Vulgar Buzz was especially appreciative of this part of our work.)

If you are interested in just seeing the Vulgar Buzz original images without any explanation or diaper change, simply go to our All VBOs in Chronological Order page.

One last thing, it was December 2024 when I realized that TheVulgarBuzz.com domain was available, so I purchased it and forwarded it to this page. It seemed like the sensible thing to do. Seeing that it helped us connect with the original website creator, I'm thankful that I did.