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4.48 AVERAGE
4.48 AVERAGE
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My close friend gifted this book to me, and at first, I balked at the crude and vibrant style of drawings. Soon I realized the surmountable power in the story it tells and now I declare it as an essential read for all people, especially women who experienced the violence the book entails.
I personally did not know the word "vulva" until I read this book. I was calling the whole genital "vagina," which is technically inaccurate. I quickly forgave my ignorance because the book explained my ignorance was caused by intentional erasure of vulvas. The extent that men in power have gone to diminish women's validity in our society through violating our bodies is exponential and horrifying.
This can be a hard read for young adults, but I think high school students can handle it. I wish I read it myself at that age before I started internalizing all the toxic ideas about women's bodies. I highly recommend that you give it a read and gift it to a loved one. I will definitely keep it to read it time to time. In fact, it has a lot of information to digest like a history book.
Review by Linda (she/they) in January 2023
Twitter @KoreanLindaPark
Essay writer at DefinitelyNotOkay.com
Podcaster at AmericanKsisters.com
I personally did not know the word "vulva" until I read this book. I was calling the whole genital "vagina," which is technically inaccurate. I quickly forgave my ignorance because the book explained my ignorance was caused by intentional erasure of vulvas. The extent that men in power have gone to diminish women's validity in our society through violating our bodies is exponential and horrifying.
This can be a hard read for young adults, but I think high school students can handle it. I wish I read it myself at that age before I started internalizing all the toxic ideas about women's bodies. I highly recommend that you give it a read and gift it to a loved one. I will definitely keep it to read it time to time. In fact, it has a lot of information to digest like a history book.
Review by Linda (she/they) in January 2023
Twitter @KoreanLindaPark
Essay writer at DefinitelyNotOkay.com
Podcaster at AmericanKsisters.com
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Graphic: Sexual violence
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Kussens kulturhistorie, Vulvas genrejsning og klitorisens kamp mod patriarkatet. Og så er det sjovt. Så hvis du vil vide hvorfor kalkmalerier og stenfigurer på nonneklostre flasher deres vulva, eller hvilke mænd der har udbredt de tossede ideer om skam og skyld, der præger vores kultur i dag, så er det her man skal læse med :)
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Wow! Was für ein Buch!
Die Kulturgeschichte der Vulva, des Orgasmus und der Menstruation, dargestellt in Comicstrips und versehen mit ironischen, zumeist schon mehr sarkastischen Texten.
Die Autorin zeigt so die bestehenden Machtstrukturen auf und verweist durch die geschichtliche Herangehensweise sehr deutlich auf den Ursprung derselben.
Wie konnte es nur dazu kommen, dass die Frauen und ihre Sexualität so verteufelt werden? Und nicht länger, wie in vorherigen Epochen, als Ursprung der Welt betrachtet werden?
Wer es wissen will, liest am besten das Buch.
Eine absolute Leseempfehlung.
Die Kulturgeschichte der Vulva, des Orgasmus und der Menstruation, dargestellt in Comicstrips und versehen mit ironischen, zumeist schon mehr sarkastischen Texten.
Die Autorin zeigt so die bestehenden Machtstrukturen auf und verweist durch die geschichtliche Herangehensweise sehr deutlich auf den Ursprung derselben.
Wie konnte es nur dazu kommen, dass die Frauen und ihre Sexualität so verteufelt werden? Und nicht länger, wie in vorherigen Epochen, als Ursprung der Welt betrachtet werden?
Wer es wissen will, liest am besten das Buch.
Eine absolute Leseempfehlung.
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I'm already 19 and have learned so much from this book, which I wish I have known earlier. As a woman, I've understood myself better. The moments I felt inferior were rooted in those ancient men who undervalued women. I feel enlightened and validated. Tbh, this should be read by more people.
No me ha gustado mucho. Tiene ideas interesantes, pero se hace bastante pesado.
So, so good! Strömquist is one of my favourite feminist artists/voices. I learn so much while reading her charming comics and they always make me think about stuff I never really questioned before.