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Femalia Paperback – February 25, 2015

by Joani Blank (Editor)

4.4 21 ratings

Thirty-two full-color photographs of women's genitals reflect the diversity of women's bodies. Therapists, sex educators, women's health clinicians -- and all women -- will find this volume a welcome addition to their libraries.

Print length

100 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Down There Press
Publication date

February 25, 2015
Dimensions

6 x 1 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

0940208156
ISBN-13

978-0940208155
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Down There Press; 1st edition (February 25, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0940208156
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0940208155
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

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Cheri L. Phillips

acceptance

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2014

yoni as Art

A picture is worth a thousand words

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2009

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. Many women don't appreciate natures expression of "that" spot. Males typically appreciate it more, although many ignore the view and are satisfied solely be access to it.

But, there is beauty in the human body if we respect it. And, as not all noses are alike, neighter are all vagina's. But, by being "different", it doesn't mean they are anything other than a different expression of that part of our body.

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Penelope Ocha

such a useful teaching tool

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2005

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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SevenDelta

Disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2007

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. I was seriously distracted by the cracked, broken, dirty fingernails. If the models couldn't wash their hands, what else did they neglect? I'm sorry but I kept thanking god these were only pictures.

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Mike Rust

An important book

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2000

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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bella

amazing

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2001

These photographs are really something else. Some of them look like seashells or flowers, like you might expect, but there are a couple that bear a striking resemblance to pictures of the madonna. I'm not making this up! These madonna-like photos of labia are a wonderful testament to womens bodies, and the goddess within each of us!

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Lloyd R. Stevenson

Celebrate it if you have one!! Every one is sacred

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2007

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. I am a bloke, I spend a fair amount of my time in nudist environments and most of my intimate partners have been pretty uninhibited (outdoors in daylight as opposed to at home with the lights out). A conversation amongst some female friends made me realize that I had been very `up-close' with a variety of female genitals in full light and that for most of these girls, that was something they had never experienced, being mostly straight and often not even having just studied the centre of their own womanhood over a mirror. I felt like I had taken so much for granted, the sacred centre of womanhood that has been the focus of so much since before recorded history, yet for some of those for whom this was part of their physical body they hardly had enough knowledge to recognize it if they were looking at it. Yet for me, as a bloke, I'd had partners with genitals more like tight lipless pores to one who would joke about the size of her `saddlebags' and I'd had the opportunity to explore them all in detail.

The one thing every one of those vulva, vaginas, clitorises and collective genitals had in common was they were each a major part of a woman's sexuality, part of the physical vehicle to many and much so much more powerful than the `mere physical', part of the Esoteric and the Mystic, the Sacred, the Wicca, so much a part of the powers we still cannot fathom-the soul moving experience of Childbirth, the power of Orgasm and the strength of Motherhood.

This book is not a `turn-on', not at the superficial level anyway, but more a celebration of the holy of holies and may move you at a deeper level if you are in tune to the power and sanctity represented.

I hope every woman who flicks through this accepts and Loves themselves and their own body more as a result. Regardless of age, race, size of labia, or anything else, if you land next to me on the beach, be proud of just exactly who you are and the altar in the centre of your temple of womanhood. My banal and purely functional penis next to your `Femalia' will be humbled alongside all of what your womanhood represents. Cheers. Lloyd

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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2018

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マッスル

とりあえず…

Reviewed in Japan on April 9, 2016

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色んな局部が大集合です。
とりあえず買ってみましたが、興味深いですが、想像力を試されます。

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tobias mathias weber

Femalia

Reviewed in Germany on May 15, 2013

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kleines Buchheft - mit diversen Vagina "Portraits" aus den achzigern ...

eigentlich nur was für Close up fans ... fands dennoch witzig...

also eher was für Sammler und fetishisten ...

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