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. It would explain the distress, rage and vulgarity all at once.

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. One thing led to another and we decided to start chatting on the phone. We have now become friends and collaborate to a degree on this website. Our phone chats make up an entire section of this site and focus on forgiveness and healing from trauma as well as the other obvious themes of WWFFS. It is called 'Survivors Unite!'.  Click here to read the conversations I've been blessed to have with 'Buzz'.