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Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage | Rachel E. Gross

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I can‘t believe so many of the terms used for female anatomy within science and medicine are related to shame and literally translate as such. I loved her addressing the fact that as recently as the 1960s, when researchers (some of them women) recorded the first ever time a human had seen the moment of conception or the first split after conception, not one of them described it as witnessing the creation of life.
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GingerAntics I was so encouraged to see her inclusion of transgender, non-binary, and intersex experiences. “All people with vaginas welcome” sort of thing. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 4d

GingerAntics This book was really interesting, and I couldn‘t get enough of it. It took me less than 24 hours to get through because I just wanted more and more! This is science and fact and reality. It specifically fights against the myths and legends that still rule the day in women‘s health and even medically what women are and aren‘t. Great book. Cool cover. #RachelEGross #VaginaObscura #audiobook 4d

TheBookHippie Stacked it! 4d

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Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage | Rachel E. Gross

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I got my first period in January. I skipped in February. In March, I was hoping for early menopause. I. Was. Over. It. I also didn‘t tell a soul until April when someone finally noticed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Who are these lunatics wanting MORE of this madness? WTF is wrong with these people?!

In hind sight, I was struggling with my gender identity already. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Catholic school did NOT warn me about that

GingerAntics #RachelEGross #VaginaObscura #audiobook #period #menopause 4d

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TheBookHippie I don‘t get it either. 4d

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sometimes I really worry about people! 4d

ravenlee Wait, what? I‘m hating the whole perimenopause thing, but I an absolutely ready for the periods to go away - which is, of course, the one thing that isn‘t happening. 😖 4d

GingerAntics @ravenlee right? I got an IUD for hormone imbalance and I hardly ever (like maybe once a year for like a day, but it‘s mostly like spotting) get a period. Let me tell you, the IUD is the most awesome invention ever!!! I don‘t care what people say. Come at me!!! 4d

GingerAntics @ravenlee perimenopause is insane. I hate it. I feel like a kid on a really long road trip. Is it over yet?! Negative 5 stars. Do not recommend!!! 4d

Cuilin I think this is connected to youth obsession and maybe an idea of losing your “function” either way it‘s fucked up. 4d

GingerAntics @Cuilin oh, she definitely tied it to that. Some women have delayed menopause so they could focus on their careers and have children later. Others are literally doing it for youth. The first reason I get. It‘s similar to freezing your eggs to use later or use a surrogate later. Just to be young. Eh That‘s extreme. 4d

GingerAntics @Cuilin the procedure she was specifically talking about was having strips of your ovaries removed and preserved when you‘re young (like in your 20s) and then having those strips grafted back onto your ovaries later (like late 30s or early 40s) and apparently it can let you have children later. Just for the youth, dude that is just so extreme. 4d

ravenlee I had an IUD when my kid was young, and I was the opposite. I ended up having so many periods so close together and miserably long, I confused a GYN PA. She asked the dare of my last period and I almost cried, because I‘d had six or seven in three months and the last one (which was ongoing at the time) was already at 18 days. Yeah…I had that removed… 3d

GingerAntics @ravenlee yeah, it‘s crazy how differently people react to things. I have a friend who had one put in about the same time I did, and she has spotted every day since. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Of course, who knows what IUD we all had and if we each had/have the one that‘s best for us. I don‘t know. It gets REALLY confusing. 3d

GingerAntics @ravenlee it does confuse the hell out of time though. Every time they check my meds at the doctor‘s they always ask “are you still on the Kyleena?” And I‘m like, that‘s that? I probably have a generic, and they have to tell me no, it‘s my IUD. Like, I‘m pretty sure it‘s still in there. No one has gone looking for it lately, but I did get an X-ray of my hip and in the final report it said all these things about my hip joint… 3d

GingerAntics @ravenlee and then the very last sentence: “IUD is in place.” Like, thanks? 🤣😂🤣 Good to know? 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3d

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Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage | Rachel E. Gross

Thank god for this. I was starting to get gender normative vibes.
#RachelEGross #VaginaObscura #audiobook

Hooked_on_books I remember doing a thought exercise in a college class trying to define what a woman is. Every description could have holes poked in it. And this was a conservative university in the 90s. 4d

GingerAntics @Hooked_on_books wow, really? That‘s both surprising and reassuring. People were open to “man” and “woman” not being great descriptors that are nearly impossible to actually pin down. 4d

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Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage | Rachel E. Gross

I forget which book enticed me to purchase this, but why not?
#RachelEGross #VaginaObscura #audiobook

julesG I saw this in the bookshop years ago. But the only copy they had had a torn back cover. 😬 So it's still on my wishlist. Looking forward to your posts about it 4d

GingerAntics @julesG love this book! Worth the read! 4d

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