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NonfictionVagina Obscura-Has anyone read it?
The reviews of Vagina Obscura-author-Rachel E. Gross- seems like the book has a lot of good info-BUT- the author of the book cites Dr. Marci Bowers & an article on the book includes this by the author March 29, 2022-Interview-in The Opennetwork-Emily Willingham-Rachel E. Gross’s Vagina Obscura Traces the Scientific and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Anatomy ...this book, you’re writing about anatomy that is associated firmly, in most people’s minds, with a sex binary, and that can be a vocabulary minefield. Can you talk a little about how you approached your language choices? Female and woman were the big ones. I need to mention up front the difficulty of using [the terms] woman and female, and that not everyone who has these body parts is a woman or considers themselves female. I don’t want to fall into the trap of gender essentialism.