Show your pride with these Uterus/Ovaries earrings!
These titanium pieces feature "rainbow" colors (the ones I can achieve with annodizing, anyway!) to celebrate my LGBTQIA2S+ community! 
 
These uterus/ovaries earrings were created as a symbol of survival for those who have (or have had) a uterus/ovaries. 
 
Each multicolor piece is hand colored through anodizing, so each piece will be one of a kind. Rainbow earrings may be purchased in a horizontal or marbled pattern - choose your preference under titanium color options.
 
These earrings have been hand drawn, sanded, anodized into color, assembled and finished by queer and disabled artist Jessie Moench.
 
Body Talk Jewlery pieces are made of titanium to be light weight and durable. Earring hooks are made of gold or silver plated material or titanium wire.
Earring posts are made of titanium or sterling silver.
 
Each purchase comes with a printed artist statement as follows:
 
I drew the uterus/ovaries design & the “rest in peace” uterus/ovaries design to honor the story & loss of my ovaries, uterus, & cervix due to endometriosis.
I first for my period at the age of 12 & suffered from severe cramping pain every month, progressing in intensity over the years to the point where I was bedridden at least 2 weeks/month. I saw doctor after doctor over 14 years as I looked for help. I had 2 major surgeries for ovarian cysts, but my pain got worse over time. I turned online to a chronically ill community that told me about a condition I may have: endometriosis. They connected me to a rarity: a doctor qualified to give me a diagnosis/surgical treatment for endometriosis & the only specialist in the state. By the time I got my surgery, the damage was so severe I had to have a complete hysterectomy that put me into menopause at age 33.
I became debilitated from the hormonal change of surgical menopause. I went online once again where my chronically ill community taught me about Pelvic Floor Therapy & Hormone Replacement Therapy. It took me two years+ in PFT treatment to heal & years to find a HRT specialist that balanced my hormones with estrogen therapy.
For so long I kept my story of my illnesses quiet. It was when I began sharing my story that I found a community of others who had also been suffering in silence, eager for relief but with nowhere to turn. A community that helps each other by telling their stories & how they survived it all. The very community that taught me about endometriosis & HRT that saved my body & my life.
I created Body Talk Jewelry to continue the conversation around the very thing we are told to keep quiet about - our bodies & how we heal them.
Let us no longer stay silent about what it means to have & heal our bodies. May this jewelry serve as a reminder of a few things my body has taught me: Be grateful for your beautiful body, even when it hurts. You, even at your most vulnerable, are deserving of love. Speak your story, even when your voice shakes & breaks. Love yourself, scars & all.
- Jessie Moench