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Gross anatomy dispatches from the front (and back)

"Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty? Also, why is breast cleavage sexy but camel toe revolting? Isn't it all just cleavage? These...

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Main Author: Altman, Mara (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2018]
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Women > Health and hygiene > Humor.
Human body > Humor > Miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Humor.
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Summary:"Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty? Also, why is breast cleavage sexy but camel toe revolting? Isn't it all just cleavage? These questions and others like them have led to the comforting and sometimes smelly revelations that constitute Gross Anatomy, an essay collection about what it's like to operate the bags of meat we call our bodies"--Dust jacket flap.
Physical Description:312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780399574832
0399574832
Author Notes:Mara Altman enjoys writing about issues that embarrass her (e.g., chin hair), because she has found that putting shame on the page defuses the stigma, leaving her with a sense of empowerment and freedom. Her first book, Thanks for Coming , an investigation into love and orgasm, was translated into three languages. Her work has appeared in The New York Times , Salon , and New York magazine, among other publications. Before going freelance, Altman worked as a staff writer for The Village Voice and daily newspapers in India and Thailand. An alumna of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she lives in San Diego with quite a few other hairy beings.

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