by Beláxis Buil

We met a few years back. Our meeting encounter happened during an exhibition Intersectionality, 2016 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Florida. Eurydice Kamvyselli struck me as a woman who resists nonsense, but more so, foolishness from any opponent who questions her prerogative. But her confrontation is directed towards men (since it has been men creating most sex scandals), and rescuing our vaginas and womanhood, as an agency. Her ammunition deeply roots in communication and literature, with an array of published books on sexual identity, investigations on socio-sexual practices and the raging plague of sexual violation women face every day.

In her first novel, F/32, she tells the story of a “woman’s vagina abandoning her body as a stranger on the street is assaulting her.” It is not to say Eurydice has a problem with sex, but more specifically, she reminds us of how women are silenced when faced with the woe of the patriarchs’ contamination of its true meaning and intention. After all, sex should be an element of power for women in both public and private spaces, not a transactional feature as compromised in Western capitalism.

Her practice as a writer, visual artist, speaker, and activist has given her a voice: one that aims to dismantle “the patriarchy that binds women to its words, laws, paradigms, and aesthetics.” Since the #METOO movement, Eurydice grabbed the “bull by its horns” and commenced a new project: SpeakSex Podcast. Here she allows female and male guests to speak candidly about sex, what it means to them and their bodies, how it defines their identity and most imperative, how we can embrace the topic of sex as a language of power in contemporary society.

The podcast features discussions from a diverse community of ethnicities, genders, ages, sexual orientation, and perspectives. Sometimes Eurydice invites artists to speak on the topic, and at other times, she brings in alluring specialists linked to the field of sex. Eurydice leaves the podcast open to individuals who can share experience and insight to the listeners. Some of the episodes have included guests such as Dr. Amir Marashi, known as the vagina whisperer and a “board-certified gynecologist who specializes in cosmetic gynecology and female anatomical improvement,” or Bishop Alex Guldbeck, a practitioner of sexological hypnotherapy on Gnostic and post-Freudian gender archetypes. The list goes on. Likewise, her listeners call in to comment on talks, express ideas, share stories, and even to thank her for the contributions of knowledge she is delivering to the public, through her podcast. Many listeners confess to feeling changed or yet enlightened by the messages delivered on air. Because she has had several captivating folks on the show, I asked what plans await her audience in the future…

Below is a segment of our conversation, recorded in the privacy of her home.