Originally published at: Venus of Willendorf as Peeps | Boing Boing
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Was it a fertility goddess though, or was that just the point of view of male-dominated archeology & anthropology fields?
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I love Her, and I love these Peeps.
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Some day in the distant future some archaeologist is going to unearth a lonely dude’s private collection of sexy hentai figurines and will confidently declare that they were venerated as “fertility goddesses.”
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That is exactly what I was thinking. Pocket porn.
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No chocolate ones? No (injected) marshmallow ones? Only Peeps?
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“Man, I hope someone invents pockets soon.”
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They can’t be her, they have eyes. Everyone knows Venus of Willendorf is either a faceless eldritch abomination or is wearing some kind of sack over her head.
In their book The Dawn of Everything, Graeber and Wengrow note that some scholars believe that it’s more likely a children’s toy - a doll. 
Like an ancient barbie doll or some such…
Is it kind of weird that in our modern age, we see nudity and automatically assume sexuality? 
Also… unrelated, but we should call this Venus of Peep-endorf?
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