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Gross Anatomy: A Field Guide to Loving Your Body, Warts and All
Gross Anatomy: A Field Guide to Loving Your Body, Warts and All | Mara Altman
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Laru79
Gross Anatomy | Mara Altman
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Finished this one last night and what an interesting and funny book it was. So refreshing to see a woman open up about the things that bother us all about our bodies. Talking to researchers and scientists added to the book - it wasn‘t a moan about her body, more a celebration!

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Yanya
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Mehso-so

Funny and cringy and surprisingly informative!

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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ April‘s book club selection; a #reread for me. I loved it first time around on audio, but I found I‘m not as crazy about it in print. Atlman‘s voice adds so much to the dry humor. She takes an in-depth look at the female body in all its flattering - and unflattering - glory, society‘s expectations, and our resulting behaviors. Humorous yet scientific. Good stuff.

#bookclubbook

Reviewsbylola I tried this on audio and it just didn‘t draw me in. I should probably try again. 4y
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DAY 8 #ExpressYourself | For this prompt, I had to go with some of the best memoirs I‘ve read this year. I love reading about other people‘s experiences. These folks put themselves out there, and for that, I‘m grateful.

#MOvember
@Cinfhen

ljuliel Did you have a favorite out of these ? 4y
DrexEdit Never Stop Walking looks interesting! 4y
KT1432 Lol I've gotta read Gross Anatomy. 4y
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Hooked_on_books Oh yeah, you‘ve got some good ones on here! 4y
britt_brooke @ljuliel Hmmm, that‘s tough. A few were 5 stars, but for totally different reasons: Gross Anatomy, Becoming, Life Will be the Death of Me, All Over but the Shoutin‘. 4y
britt_brooke @DrexEdit It‘s really interesting and different. And great on audio, if you like to listen. (edited) 4y
britt_brooke @lele1432 It‘s so funny, but also just a really fantastic read! 4y
Cinfhen This collage warrants a screenshot 🙌🏻I LOVE memoirs and haven‘t read ANY 🙈although my Michelle Obama library hold is now whittled down to 11 from 137 4y
LauraJ Happy Birthday! 🎂🎁 🎈 4y
britt_brooke @LauraJ Thanks so much! 🤗 4y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen 💚 Becoming is so good! Your patience will soon pay off. 4y
Cinfhen I forgot.... it‘s your birthday 🎂 ♥️🎉Sending loads of love your way 4y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thank you!! 🤗💚🤗 4y
saresmoore Happy birthday, friend! ♥️🥳 4y
PurpleyPumpkin Hey, happy birthday to you! Have a fantastic day. 🥳🎁🎂 4y
Redwritinghood Happy birthday! 🎂🎂 4y
britt_brooke @saresmoore Thanks so much, my dear! 💚 4y
britt_brooke @PurpleyPumpkin Thank you! 💚 4y
britt_brooke @Redwritinghood Thank you! 🤗 4y
LauraBeth Happy Birthday!! 4y
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Christine
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This book is great. Really hilarious, informative, empowering - just great. I was finally compelled to try it after seeing it on the Local Authors shelf at the library, had no idea Altman lives here in San Diego. Love her voice, written and speaking - the audio was terrific. The sheltered, decade-or-two younger me would have found this very TMI, but now I find it JtRAoI (just the right amount of information. There must be a better acronym 😂).

Hooked_on_books I loved this one! 5y
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MarriedtoMrT
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Calling all Gross Anatomy fans! Have you heard? Chelsea Handler is working on developing the book into a TV show! 😍

charl08 How had I not heard of this? Sounds good. 5y
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Kappadeemom
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Not sure where I heard about this book but it seems like a good beach read 🤷‍♀️

CouronneDhiver I previewed this one awhile back ... pretty funny 5y
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mrozzz
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Altman is a riot. On top of her first person experiences she hilariously details conversations with doctors, scientists, surgeons, at least one porn star, and a number of salon professionals to find out more about how and why our bodies function the way they do, as well as to dig into the truth about current practices to, well, make women look the way they wish, whether that's by bleaching their anus or paying for a labiaplasty.

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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Altman divulges the weird shit we deal with as women in a hilarious and informative manner. From body hair to tush functions to camouflaging the “toe,” she boldly discusses personal experiences and reservations while also conducting valid research. Think of a less boring Mary Roach (sorry; I like your books but they‘re dry as hell) with an blunt and dark sense of humor. I actually snorted, you guys. Loved every second!

baes Omg this sounds amazing. 😂😂 5y
Kappadeemom Sounds good!! 5y
britt_brooke @baes @Kappadeemom It‘s such a great read. Hope you all check it out! 5y
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Reviewsbylola Omg, so agree about Mary Roach. I loved Stiff but that was mostly because, ya know, dead bodies. Her other books bored me to tears. Stacking this one. 5y
Reviewsbylola And damn, you know you‘ve written a glowing review when you have 14 stack adds in an hour! 5y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola It makes me so happy when there are a lot of stacks, especially so fast. I think you‘ll like this one. And thank you for agreeing with me on Roach! 🙌🏻 (edited) 5y
JamieArc I think this is the most stacks I‘ve seen for one post 😊 5y
britt_brooke @JamieArc Whoa, 31?! It‘s by far the most stacks I‘ve ever gotten. 🙌🏻 Such a great read. This makes me happy!! 5y
Megabooks I have this in my list! I always love your reviews! I was down in your neck of the woods at Vanderbilt hospital today. Lots of traffic for the draft! 5y
britt_brooke @Megabooks Thank you! 🤗💚 Hope you‘re doing ok?? My husband works downtown and says the traffic/crowds have been bonkers all week. He has a VIP pass to the first round tonight (through his employer). I‘m jealous!! 5y
Megabooks Just a foot injury my doctor here couldn‘t figure out. I‘m going for a second mri. That‘s so cool that your husband has a VIP pass!! 👍🏻😎 5y
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Viji
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I picked this up at the library today because it looks both hilarious and informative.

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whatsthEStorey
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Body hair, vaginal odor, pooping, camel toe, sweat, and much, much more! Mara Altman explores the scientific, sociological, and individual aspects of the most taboo parts of the female body in a book so entertaining you won‘t realize you‘re learning stuff! Want to hear what scientists AND porn stars have to say about hemorrhoids? Mara Altman asks all the questions. A fun, gross book.

BookNAround I have this one sitting close to my bedside table in my “next up” pile. 5y
whatsthEStorey @BookNAround cool! I‘m interested to see what you think! Not many reviews of this one. 5y
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Hooked_on_books
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Mara Altman tackles many body topics about which we (and she) can be neurotic: body hair, hemorrhoids, vaginal odor, etc. She starts by discussing her own experiences in hilarious fashion, then proceeds to review the science, history, sociology and more of each topic. I just loved this book and laughed out loud in many places. It‘s terrific on audio.

Texreader This looks hilarious and so true! Stacked! 5y
LeahBergen This sounds fun! 👏🏻 5y
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SarahSaysRead
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Mara uses various bodily complaints (chin whiskers, PMS, hemorrhoids) to examine the parts of the female body and seek out truth and understanding. Lots of personal anecdotes mixed with research and feminist perspectives. I liked this a lot more than I expected. My fave section might have been about camel toe, it got deep. Great listen for a road trip (I listened on a drive from VA to NY).

#femalebodies #normalization #feminism #humor #audiobook

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whatsthEStorey
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You guys!!!! I can't even right now! I won a giveaway from Putnam Books on Instagram! I have never won a giveaway before. Ever! And it's a really fun one! Can't wait to read this book. It looks right up my alley! I'm tagging @PutnamKatie because I found Putnam books on IG after following her lovely account here on Litsy.

JoScho Yay!! 🎉🎉🎉 6y
AmyG Nice! 6y
mrozzz So cool!! Congrats 📚🎉 6y
PutnamKatie Yay so fun!!! Congrats! 6y
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Erin01
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enjoying this one so far 📖

readordierachel So curious about this one! Samantha Irby was talking it up. 6y
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Kelly
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Waited so patiently for this and now I am going in.

BekahPat A Bunny 🐰 what a cool pet! I eyeballed that book at B&N the other day. Let me know what you think 6y
BeansPage So glad to see more people have indoor bunnies nowadays. Hershey says "Hello!" ??? #RabbitsOfLitsy 6y
monalyisha Moxie says “hi”, too! Although, she‘s kind-of anti-social by nature, so I *might* have put words in her cute little mouth. 🤷‍♀️🐰 5y
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MCYmermaid
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A deeply satisfying read for all of us who have questioned either why our bodies seem to have betrayed us, or why we feel the need to alter our “bags of meat” to adhere to expectations, familial, cultural, personal, or otherwise.

Reviewsbylola This sounds funny. The Litsy blurb had me like 😂😱 🔥 6y
MCYmermaid I am enjoying Mara‘s voice! 6y
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