A book I didn't buy, but was tempted due to #CoverCrush
Might put it on my wishlist.
willaful It was pretty interesting. 1y
julesG @willaful That definitely bumps it onto the wishlist 1y
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage | 
A book I didn't buy, but was tempted due to #CoverCrush
Might put it on my wishlist.
It feels important to catalog the ONLY note I took while reading (not that the shocks didn‘t keep on coming)!
BUT REALLY.
Tell your friends.
pickI finally finished my March book club selection…two weeks too late. 😅 Like many of my nonfiction reads, “this book is about different ways of looking.” As Gross reminds us, “You can‘t see what you aren‘t looking for.” It just so happens to also be about vaginas — and everything we *don‘t* know about them. A blurb on the dust jacket flap calls Gross‘s writing “lyrical.” With that in mind, I‘d like to draw your attention to the following sentence:
pickI don‘t remember how I heard about this book, but I was immediately interested. I looked at it in a bookstore because I assumed it would have a lot of pictures, but it really didn‘t have many so I opted to borrow the audio instead.
I found it engaging and informative, and really enjoyed it! It follows the study of anatomy through history, touching on early misogynistic lack of interest and assumptions, gender biases, cultural myths, and more!
pickI learned a lot of interesting facts about a variety of vaginas and penises across the animal kingdom with which to regale dining companions 😂 Early chapters focus on 1) old timey fixes for women who think too much for their own good and 2) reproductive anatomy of a variety of insects and animals. Later chapters focus on advances in IVF and gender affirmation surgery.
