A book review of Go Figure! The Astonishing Science of the Female Body by Lisa Falco Stars: ***** Clink Street Publishing (2021)Science>Women’s Body328 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: The story about a body in continuous transformation. This book unravels… Read More »
365 Days of Gutsy Women
May 13, 2022 by ·
A book review of 365 Days of Gutsy Women by Rosemary Roenfanz Stars: **** Rosemary Roenfanz (2021)Women’s History426 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: 365 Days of Gutsy Women reveals hidden stories of fearless females from the beginning of time. Traditionally women were kept out of… Read More »
The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women
December 31, 2021 by ·
A book review of The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women by Rosalie Gilbert Stars: **** Mango Publishing (2020)History/Women/Sex336 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: An inside look at sexual practices in medieval times. Were medieval women slaves to their… Read More »
Let’s Talk About Down There
November 25, 2021 by ·
A book review of Let’s Talk About Down There: An OB-GYN Answers All Your Burning Questions… without Making You Feel Embarrassed for Asking by Dr. Jennifer Lincoln, OB-GYN. Stars: ***** Andrews McMeel Publishing (2021)Women’s Sexual Health 224 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains… Read More »
Guiding Modern Girls
July 11, 2021 by ·
A book review of Guiding Modern Girls: Girlhood, Empire, and Internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s by Kristine Alexander. Stars: **** UBC Press (2018)Women’s Studies/Women in History296 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Across the British Empire and the world,… Read More »
Get Me Out
March 22, 2021 by ·
A book review of Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from The Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank by Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. Stars: **** W. W. Norton & Company (2011)Health/Obstetrics & Gynecology352 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Making and having babies—what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and… Read More »
The Birth of the Pill
January 28, 2021 by ·
A book review of The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathon Eig Stars: **** W. W. Norton & Company (2015)History of Medicine/Birth Control416 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: We know it simply as “the pill,” yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan… Read More »
