Gross anatomy
Subtitle: dispatches from the front (and back)
By: Mara Altman
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780399574832
Subjects: Miscellanea; Health and hygiene; Human body; Humor; Women
Description: "Mara Altman’s volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn’t have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty? Also, why is breast cleavage sexy but camel toe revolting? Isn’t it all just cleavage? These questions and others like them have led to the comforting and sometimes smelly revelations that constitute Gross Anatomy, an essay collection about what it’s like to operate the bags of meat we call our bodies"--
Table of contents: title: Bearded lady; title: Some nits, picked; title: Face it; title: The earth moved. Trust me; title: The big dripper; title: My cup runneth under; title: Actual naval gazing; title: The air down there; title: The butt paradox; title: Pileup on the "inner" state"; title: The human stain; title: The eleventh toe; title: You're so vein; title: Bloody hell; title: Wart, me worry?