{"product_id":"vagina-obscura-an-anatomical-voyage","title":"Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage","description":"Shortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction\nA New York Times Editors' Choice\nA Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer\n\nA myth-busting voyage into the female body.\nA camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap when it comes to what we know about half of the bodies on the planet.\nThat is finally changing. Today, a new generation of researchers is turning its gaze to the organs traditionally bound up in baby-making―the uterus, ovaries, and vagina―and illuminating them as part of a dynamic, resilient, and ever-changing whole. Welcome to Vagina Obscura, an odyssey into a woman’s body from a fresh perspective, ushering in a whole new cast of characters.\nIn Boston, a pair of biologists are growing artificial ovaries to counter the cascading health effects of menopause. In Melbourne, a urologist remaps the clitoris to fill in crucial gaps in female sexual anatomy. Given unparalleled access to labs and the latest research, journalist Rachel E. Gross takes readers on a scientific journey to the center of a wonderous world where the uterus regrows itself, ovaries pump out fresh eggs, and the clitoris pulses beneath the surface like a shimmering pyramid of nerves.\nThis paradigm shift is made possible by the growing understanding that sex and gender are not binary; we all share the same universal body plan and origin in the womb. That’s why insights into the vaginal microbiome, ovarian stem cells, and the biology of menstruation don’t mean only a better understanding of female bodies, but a better understanding of male, non-binary, transgender, and intersex bodies―in other words, all bodies.\nBy turns funny, lyrical, incisive, and shocking, Vagina Obscura is a powerful testament to how the landscape of human knowledge can be rewritten to better serve everyone. 13 illustrations\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1324006315\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.1324006315.N\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gross, Rachel E.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50769317920965,"sku":"LFV.1324006315.N","price":24.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/1324006315-0.jpg?v=1792602832","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/vagina-obscura-an-anatomical-voyage","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}