Chicana performance and visual artist Nao Bustamante prototypes a new vision for feminist autonomy in the fourth iteration of her project BLOOM, a cross-disciplinary investigation centered around the redesign of a medical device, the vaginal speculum and history of the pelvic examination. BLOOM is rooted in both research and object-making. And while the desired result is an invitation to think about ways to make the tool less unpleasant for the millions of patients who encounter it each year, the work also boldly focuses on the speculum’s impact on timely issues of health practices for those with uteruses.