Vagina Obscura
DOWNLOAD
Download Vagina Obscura PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Vagina Obscura book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Vagina Obscura An Anatomical Voyage
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rachel E. Gross
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2022-03-29
Vagina Obscura An Anatomical Voyage written by Rachel E. Gross and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-29 with Science categories.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award One of Five Books Best Literary Science Writing titles in 2023 A New York Times Editors' Choice A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer A myth-busting voyage into the female body. A camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap when it comes to what we know about half of the bodies on the planet. That is finally changing. Today, a new generation of researchers is turning its gaze to the organs traditionally bound up in baby-making—the uterus, ovaries, and vagina—and illuminating them as part of a dynamic, resilient, and ever-changing whole. Welcome to Vagina Obscura, an odyssey into a woman’s body from a fresh perspective, ushering in a whole new cast of characters. In Boston, a pair of biologists are growing artificial ovaries to counter the cascading health effects of menopause. In Melbourne, a urologist remaps the clitoris to fill in crucial gaps in female sexual anatomy. Given unparalleled access to labs and the latest research, journalist Rachel E. Gross takes readers on a scientific journey to the center of a wonderous world where the uterus regrows itself, ovaries pump out fresh eggs, and the clitoris pulses beneath the surface like a shimmering pyramid of nerves. This paradigm shift is made possible by the growing understanding that sex and gender are not binary; we all share the same universal body plan and origin in the womb. That’s why insights into the vaginal microbiome, ovarian stem cells, and the biology of menstruation don’t mean only a better understanding of female bodies, but a better understanding of male, non-binary, transgender, and intersex bodies—in other words, all bodies. By turns funny, lyrical, incisive, and shocking, Vagina Obscura is a powerful testament to how the landscape of human knowledge can be rewritten to better serve everyone.
Vagina Obscura
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : es
Publisher:
Release Date :
Vagina Obscura written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Education categories.
The Vagina Monologues
DOWNLOAD
Author : Eve Ensler
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2001-03-10
The Vagina Monologues written by Eve Ensler and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-10 with Social Science categories.
A landmark in women’s empowerment—as relevant as ever in the age of #MeToo—that honors female sexuality in all its complexity It’s been more than twenty years since Eve Ensler’s international sensation The Vagina Monologues gave birth to V-Day, the radical, global grassroots movement to end violence against women and girls. This special edition features six never-before-published monologues, a new foreword by National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, a new introduction by the author, and a new afterword by One Billion Rising director Monique Wilson on the stage phenomenon’s global impact. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, this award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women’s deepest fantasies, fears, anger, and pleasure, and calls for a world where all women are safe, equal, free, and alive in their bodies. Praise for The Vagina Monologues “Probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade.”—The New York Times “This play changed the world. Seeing it changed my soul. Performing in it changed my life. I am forever indebted to Eve Ensler and the transformative legacy of this play.”—Kerry Washington “Spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving . . . both a work of art and an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a balm and a benediction.”—Variety “Often wrenching, frequently riotous. . . . Ensler is an impassioned wit.”—Los Angeles Times “Extraordinary . . . a compelling rhapsody of the female essence.”—Chicago Tribune
Vagina Obscura Anatomicheskoe Puteshestvie Po Zhenskomu Telu
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rachel Gross
language : ru
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Vagina Obscura Anatomicheskoe Puteshestvie Po Zhenskomu Telu written by Rachel Gross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
Vagina Obscura
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rachel E. Gross
language : it
Publisher: Baldini & Castoldi
Release Date : 2024-07-12T00:00:00+02:00
Vagina Obscura written by Rachel E. Gross and has been published by Baldini & Castoldi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-12T00:00:00+02:00 with Self-Help categories.
Una camera oscura riflette il mondo, ma in maniera più debole e invertita. Allo stesso modo, la scienza a lungo ha visto la donna attraverso una lente distorta, focalizzata solo sulla sua capacità di riproduzione. Di conseguenza, esiste un grande divario di conoscenze quando si tratta di ciò che sappiamo sulla metà dei corpi del pianeta. Grazie a un accesso senza precedenti ai laboratori e alle ultime ricerche, la giornalista Rachel E. Gross accompagna i lettori in un viaggio scientifico destinato a sfatare molti miti relativi al corpo delle donne: un viaggio al centro di un mondo meraviglioso in cui l’utero ricresce da solo, le ovaie pompano uova fresche e il clitoride pulsa sotto la superficie come una scintillante piramide di nervi. Questo cambiamento di paradigma è reso possibile dalla crescente comprensione del fatto che il sesso e il genere non sono binari: tutti condividiamo la stessa pianta corporea universale e la stessa origine nell’utero. Ecco perché le conoscenze sul microbioma vaginale, sulle cellule staminali ovariche e sulla biologia delle mestruazioni non significano solo una migliore comprensione dei corpi femminili, ma anche di quelli maschili, non binari, transgender e intersessuali; in altre parole, di tutti i corpi. A tratti divertente, lirico, incisivo e scioccante, Vagina obscura è un viaggio dissacrante, capace di sfatare miti millenari, nonché una potente testimonianza di come il panorama della conoscenza umana possa essere riscritto per servire meglio tutti. La scrittura scientifica al suo meglio: rivelatrice, ironica, logica, necessaria e incredibilmente difficile da ignorare. ED YONG, VINCITORE DEL PREMIO PULITZER E AUTORE DI CONTENGO MOLTITUDINI
Phallacy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Emily Willingham
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2020-09-22
Phallacy written by Emily Willingham and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-22 with Social Science categories.
A wry look at what the astonishing world of animal penises can tell us about how we use our own. The fallacy sold to many of us is that the penis signals dominance and power. But this wry and penetrating book reveals that in fact nature did not shape the penis--or the human attached to it--to have the upper...hand. Phallacy looks closely at some of nature's more remarkable examples of penises and the many lessons to learn from them. In tracing how we ended up positioning our nondescript penis as a pulsing, awe-inspiring shaft of all masculinity and human dominance, Phallacy also shows what can we do to put that penis back where it belongs. Emphasizing our human capacities for impulse control, Phallacy ultimately challenges the toxic message that the penis makes the man and the man can't control himself. With instructive illustrations of unusual genitalia and tales of animal mating rituals that will make you particularly happy you are not a bedbug, Phallacy shows where humans fit on the continuum from fun to fatal phalli and why the human penis is an implement for intimacy, not intimidation.
Mom Rage
DOWNLOAD
Author : Minna Dubin
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2023-09-19
Mom Rage written by Minna Dubin and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-19 with Family & Relationships categories.
A frank, feminist examination of the hidden crisis of rage facing American mothers—and how we can fix it Mothers aren’t supposed to be angry. Still, Minna Dubin was an angry mom: exhausted by the grueling, thankless work of full-time parenting and feeling her career slip away, she would find herself screaming at her child or exploding at her husband. When Dubin pushed past her shame and talked with other mothers about how she was feeling, she realized that she was far from alone. Mom Rage is Dubin’s groundbreaking work of reportage about an unspoken crisis of anger sweeping the country—and the world. She finds that while a specific instance of rage might be triggered by something as simple as a child who won’t tie her shoes, the roots of the anger go far deeper, from the unequal burden of childcare shouldered by moms to the flattening of women’s identities once they have kids. Drawing on insights from moms across the spectrum of race, sexual orientation, and class, she offers practical tools to help readers disarm their rage in the moment, while never losing sight of the broader social change we need to stop raging for good.
Exposed
DOWNLOAD
Author : Wendy Kline
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2024-06-10
Exposed written by Wendy Kline and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-10 with Medical categories.
The pelvic exam. If you’ve ever had one, you’re probably already wincing. It might be considered a routine medical procedure, but for most of us, it is anything from unpleasant to traumatic. In Exposed, noted historian Wendy Kline uncovers the procedure’s fascinating—and often disturbing—history. From gynecological research on enslaved women’s bodies to nonconsensual practice on anesthetized patients, the pelvic exam as we know it today carries the burden of its sordid past. Its story is one of pain and pleasure, life-saving discoveries and heartbreaking encounters, questionable procedures and triumphant breakthroughs. Drawing on previously unpublished archival sources, along with interviews with patients, providers, and activists, Kline traces key moments and movements in gynecological history, from the surgeons of the nineteenth century to the OB/GYNs of today. This powerful book reminds us that the pelvic exam is has never been “just” a medical procedure, and that we can no longer afford to let the pelvic exam remain unexamined.
The Gynae Geek
DOWNLOAD
Author : Anita Mitra
language : en
Publisher: HarperThorsons
Release Date : 2019-03-06
The Gynae Geek written by Anita Mitra and has been published by HarperThorsons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-06 with Gynecology categories.
Information is everywhere and yet many women still don't truly understand how our bodies work and specifically, how our lower genital tract works. Dr Anita Mitra, AKA The Gynae Geek, believes that we can only be empowered about our health when we have accurate information. This book will be that source.
The Vagina A Literary And Cultural History
DOWNLOAD
Author : Emma L. E. Rees
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-08-01
The Vagina A Literary And Cultural History written by Emma L. E. Rees and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
From South Park to Kathy Acker, and from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City, women's sexual organs are demonized. Rees traces the fascinating evolution of this demonization, considering how calling the 'c-word' obscene both legitimates and perpetuates the fractured identities of women globally. Rees demonstrates how writers, artists, and filmmakers contend with the dilemma of the vagina's puzzlingly 'covert visibility'. In our postmodern, porn-obsessed culture, vaginas appear to be everywhere, literally or symbolically but, crucially, they are as silenced as they are objectified. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History examines the paradox of female genitalia through five fields of artistic expression: literature, film, TV, visual, and performance art. There is a peculiar paradox – unlike any other – regarding female genitalia. Rees focuses on this paradox of what is termed the 'covert visibility' of the vagina and on its monstrous manifestations. That is, what happens when the female body refuses to be pathologized, eroticized, or rendered subordinate to the will or intention of another? Common, and often offensive, slang terms for the vagina can be seen as an attempt to divert attention away from the reality of women's lived sexual experiences such that we don't 'look' at the vagina itself – slang offers a convenient distraction to something so taboo. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History is an important contribution to the ongoing debate in understanding the feminine identity