Vagina love : an owner's manual / Lili Sohn ; translated by Sara Sugihara ; edited by Sarah Mirk and Liz Frances.
Record details
- ISBN: 1951491130
- ISBN: 9781951491130
- Physical Description: 237 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Brooklyn, New York : Street Noise Books, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Chiefly illustrations. "Vagina Love is a translated and revised version of Vagin Tonic, originally published by Casterman in Belgium in 2018."--Colophon. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 236). |
Summary, etc.: | "When Lili Sohn was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29, she was confronted with just how little she knew about her own anatomy. What's that, you say? We're born with all of the ova we'll have for our entire lives? Well, that was news to Sohn. And her mom. And all of her friends. In Vagina Love, she embarks on a quest for information, busting myths and telling the truth. Sohn's vibrant illustrations and snarky humor along with concrete scientific backing form an easily accessible and comprehensive guide to female reproductive anatomy from periods to masturbation, from orgasms to contraceptives." -- Amazon.com. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Vagina > Comic books, strips, etc. Sexual health > Comic books, strips, etc. Sexual health > Popular works. Sexual health > Pictorial works. |
Genre: | Comics (Graphic works) Nonfiction comics. Graphic novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

Publishers Weekly Review
Vagina Love : An Owner's Manual
Publishers Weekly
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Sohn's English-language debut, a lighthearted but educational delve (so to speak) into the vagina, combines practical information and personable anecdotes. After being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29, Sohn froze her eggs and faced medical monitoring of her reproductive system--which she realized she didn't know much about. She wasn't alone, as a summary of cultural myths (the roving uterus) and individual misconceptions (an acquaintance tried to put a tampon "in the back") reveals. Sohn covers puberty through menopause with sections on orgasms, body hair, toxic shock, and nymphoplasty (plastic surgery on the vulva), and while she's hardly the first to tackle bodies, sex, and reproduction from a feminist point of view, she offers a refreshingly gender-inclusive perspective alongside bon mots such as "the whole cycle thing kind of pisses me off... like I am just made to make babies." In cartoony drawings with cheery shades of green, pink, and purple, she draws herself--a bespectacled figure with reconstructed breasts--alongside helpful anatomical diagrams, altered historical images, and a mural of vulvas. The handbook will prove most useful for younger adult readers, but it also serves as a welcome reminder to all that bodies are silly, miraculous, and worth getting to know. Agent: Nicolas Grivel, Nicolas Grivel Agency. (Feb.)