Vagina Obscura by Rachel E Gross
Longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction A New York Times Editors' Choice A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer A myth-busting voyage into the female body
"Vagina Obscura should cause a revolution in how we think about the vagina" -- Rosamund Urwin - The Sunday Times
"This book is what we've been waiting for." -- Francesca Brown - Stylist
"This is something about our own bodies that are so often treated as mysterious and unknown when they’re not unknown. We actually know quite a bit. The topic of this book is relevant to everybody." -- Riley Black - Science Friday
"Rachel E. Gross’s mesmerizing and often humorous Vagina Obscura vividly uncovers the scientific and popular biases that have colluded to stem our knowledge about 'down there.' Gross brilliantly investigates questions regarding sex, sexuality, and r" -- Elizabeth Reis, author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex
"This book is what we've been waiting for." -- Francesca Brown - Stylist
"This is something about our own bodies that are so often treated as mysterious and unknown when they’re not unknown. We actually know quite a bit. The topic of this book is relevant to everybody." -- Riley Black - Science Friday
"Rachel E. Gross’s mesmerizing and often humorous Vagina Obscura vividly uncovers the scientific and popular biases that have colluded to stem our knowledge about 'down there.' Gross brilliantly investigates questions regarding sex, sexuality, and r" -- Elizabeth Reis, author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex
Rachel E. Gross is an award-winning science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. A former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and digital science editor of Smithsonian Magazine, she writes for BBC Future, the New York Times, and Scientific American.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781324050537 |
| ISBN 10 | 1324050535 |
| Title | Vagina Obscura |
| Author | Rachel E Gross |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2023-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Commended for Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence (Nonfiction) 2023 |
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