In this publication the editors take women's drinking stories out of the closet and into the light. With contributions from writers including Jacquelyn Mitchard, Daphne Merkin, Kathryn Harrison, Ann Hood, Ann Leary, Pam Houston, Jane Friedman, Elissa Schappell, Asra Nomani, Pris…
Whether you drink it or not, alcohol is likely a potent part of your life: our culture is saturated in it. Ask any woman you know to tell you a drinking story, and she'll come up with one--in fact, she may even come up with five. With friends and with coworkers, at date night an…
Women candidly share their drinking stories and touch on issues related to family, girlhood, culture, and relationships.
Strippers, prostitutes, dommes, film stars, internet models and others tell about a sex worker's life. Among the contributors are Chris Kraus, reflecting on her time working in the hustle bars owned by the Jewish Mafia in the late 1970s; Michelle Tea, singing the 'Ballad of Bart…
"From the founders of the Sex Workers Art Show, this collection showcases people who dare to take their jobs out of the shadows and into the public consciousness. Annie Oakley and her community of out and proud sex workers offer critical insight into class, gender, labor, and se…
Being a sex worker isn't something to write home about for most women (and men) in the 12 billion-a-year sex industry. Prostitutes, strippers, and adult film stars put themselves, and what they do for a living, out on the street, stage, and TV screen every day, but they often ke…
A humorous guide for new mothers on caring for infants offers advice on the unpleasant aspects of parenting, including birthing without drugs, handling the volumes of waste babies create, and dealing with sleep deprivation.
A humorous guide for new mothers on caring for infants offers advice on the unpleasant aspects of parenting, including birthing without drugs, handling the volumes of waste babies create, and dealing with sleep deprivation.
"There comes a time in every new mother's life when she finds herself staring at her screaming, smelly bundle of joy and wishing someone had told her that her house would reek of vomit, or that she shouldn't buy the cute onesies with a thousand impossible buttons, or that she mi…
There comes a time in every new mother's life when she finds herself staring at her screaming, smelly?bundle of joy" and wishing someone had told her that her house would reek of vomit, or that she shouldn't buy the cute onesies with a thousand impossible buttons, or that she mi…
A humorous guide for new mothers on caring for infants offers advice on the unpleasant aspects of parenting, including birthing without drugs, handling the volumes of waste babies create, and dealing with sleep deprivation.
