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Femalia [Paperback]

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  • Paperback: 72 pages
  • Publisher: Down There Press; 1 edition (November 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0940208156
  • ISBN-13: 978-0940208155
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #481,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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73 of 75 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An important book, July 20, 2000
This review is from: Femalia (Paperback)
These photographs are shockingly beautiful, largely because ofthe deceptive simplicity of style.

[Some] have complained that the photographs in this book are not "artistic" enough. As I see it, the importance and beauty of this book is its willingness to portray women's genitals in an honest, non-sexualized way. Art or abstraction is entirely opposite to the purpose of portraying the reality of women's bodies, as free as possible from the typical conceptions of Western culture (think of how naked women are usually shown in canonical art, or, better yet, pornography). The remark one reader made that many of the vulvas depicted would scare male readers is quite telling. They might scare a lot of readers, and the confrontation and analysis of that fear is what makes this book immensely important rather than just visually beautiful.

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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars such a useful teaching tool, March 13, 2005
This review is from: Femalia (Paperback)
I used Femalia in a variety of workshops I present for women, many of whom previously didn't even have words for their sexual parts beyond "down there."

And I've found that looking at and talking about these photos often enables women to talk about sexual issues, trauma, abuse or sexual joy, often feeling safe to do so for the first time in their lives.

Now that I've begun reading about the horrible new plastic surgery they call "labial beautification," I wish more women had access to a book like Femalia to see how diverse and wonderful women's bodies are.

It's intriguing to me that many of the reader reviews posted here by by men who complain that the photos didn't do a thing for them. I don't think these were intended to be sexual turn-ons. And those who've complained that these photos are merely gynecological are missing the point. Unlike men, women can't easily see their own sexual parts. It's important and helpful that these show--in a very realsitic fashion--just how we are made.

Bottom line--if you'll forgive the pun--is that I find Femalia to be an incredibly empowering book for the women who've seen it and one of the best teaching tools available as far as female sexuality is concerned.
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47 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Important Work of Art, September 27, 2003
By Kate Mckenzie (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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A number of reviewers here have objected to the classification of the images in 'Femalia' as art, on the grounds that they fail to measure up to their aesthetic ideals. But art, as any public gallery worth the name will attest, is far more than mere pretty pictures.

True Art challenges one's worldview. And 'Femalia' certainly does that. It is a brave and lonely voice challenging the contemporary view of the female body, so overwhelmingly submerged in fantasy and falsification.

This is an important work. I highly recommend it to any man genuinely interested in the female form, and to any woman estranged from her own.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A picture is worth a thousand words
So, what can be said about this "picture book". I find that the gender of the person seeing the book for the first time will make a difference. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Kathy Hedlund

5.0 out of 5 stars Every one is unique
Four photographers capture thirty-two women in their most intimate detail: their vulvas. The photos appear without comment. Read more
Published 24 months ago by wiredweird

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
I love the concept of this book and I wanted to like the execution but I didn't. The author depended upon volunteers so she got what she got. Read more
Published on May 26, 2007 by SevenDelta

5.0 out of 5 stars I love my Vulva
I really enjoyed watching it, I have only glanced through it the first time, but it was exiting to see different colors, shapes, piercings. Read more
Published on February 6, 2007 by Andrea Gomez -. Daza

5.0 out of 5 stars Celebrate it if you have one!! Every one is sacred
I Love this book, but maybe not as much as some of my friends who's comments inspired me to have a look at it. Read more
Published on January 3, 2007 by Lloyd R. Stevenson

4.0 out of 5 stars OR the Vagina is just another part of the female anatomy...
Don't buy this book for pleasure seeking purposes.
It is an informational pictography. It basically states through photographs "Here are a few of the many forms the vagina... Read more
Published on July 15, 2006 by E. Kline

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, shows off the variety of female genitalia
These photographs are fascinating. The female genitalia are at once the most provocative, and the least depicted, part of the human anatomy. Read more
Published on May 15, 2006 by Clint

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
This book although accomplishes his mission, with many photographs, fair explanations etc. don't show anything new that adult magazines doesn't have. Read more
Published on January 26, 2003 by Julio Cesar

1.0 out of 5 stars oh well
Don't waste your money..this book is really bad...the photographs look like they came from a GYN book...no class here.. if you want to see what this book shows.. Read more
Published on April 22, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty is truth, and truth beauty.
No airbrushing, no artistic lighting, just page after page showcasing the diversity of vulvae. Each one as different as the faces of the women must be that own them; the subjects... Read more
Published on February 22, 2002 by Siannan

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