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Praise for What’s Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Were Your Best Friend
by Lissa Rankin, M.D.
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Book Jacket Reviews
“Dr. Rankin represents the best of the new generation of young women who are honoring the feminine, embracing our female bodies, and doing so with humor, pleasure, honesty, and a sense of fun. Of course Dr. Lissa Rankin is not your ordinary gynecologist even by today’s standards. She is also an artist and a visionary who started a phenomenon called Owning Pink—a community of women dedicated to celebrating all things feminine, successful, sexy, and pleasurable. She’s a woman’s health visionary–and it takes one to know one! What’s Up Down There is just what every woman needs: a gynecologist girlfriend who answers the kinds of questions that women are still afraid to ask. And she does so with a unique brand of cheeky, girlfriend, hip warmth that tickles me pink. This book is a pleasure. Read it. You’ll see.”—Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
“Imagine sitting next to a warm, charming, funny gynecologist on a seven-hour flight where they're handing out free cocktails. Reading What's Up Down There is that sort of experience: delightful, giddy, memorable and illuminating. What a wonderful book.” --Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Bonk
"Dr. Lissa Rankin provides answers to the questions every woman always wants to ask her doctor—and some that they've never thought to ask, but should. Best of all, she does it with both humor and style." —John Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
“Once in a generation there's a book like no other. You're holding it in your hand. Buy it. Bet you'll love it. Bet you'll read it more than once. Bet you laugh and cry each time you do “ –Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchen Table Wisdom
“Lissa Rankin is a sassy, brilliant, articulate, funny, fun, loving genius. She gets inside the body and soul of every woman, speaks straight from the heart, educating each of us about the privilege of being a woman. She makes me feel calm. Proud. Fascinated. And most of all, educated about the magnificent, intricate, breathtakingly beautiful body, woman. Every woman must read this NOW. This book will put the power to determine your health back in your hands, where it belongs.” –Regena Thomashauer, author of Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts
“Yes, I know What's Up Down There is written for women, but I read it cover to cover, with the kind of ghoulish fascination most men have when contemplating the mysteries of the female body. And it delivered, providing answers to the kinds of questions every guy I know has wondered about, but wouldn't dare ask the women in our lives. Lissa's approach is so straightforward, so funny, and so reassuring that it made me want to dump my own primary care doc and see her instead.” - Armin Brott, New York Times bestselling author of The Expectant Father
“Dr. Lissa has served up one of the hippest, coolest, straight speaking books on women’s genital health, function and fun. Finally!!! As a certified sex educator this has been an overdue resource and will definitely be one of my recommended go-to books for women with medical, OB/GYN questions for themselves and to share with friends and their “hip, cool” daughters who may not ask them. Then they can check out http://www.owningpink.com and see if they are owning their pink.” -- Lou Paget, Bestselling author of How to be a Great Lover
“With humor, honesty, personal candor, and professional expertise, Lissa Rankin breaks through the shame and discomfort most of us feel about discussing the most intimate of subjects. She makes shocking feel comfortable, outrageous becomes commonplace, confusing becomes simpler and suddenly, discussing menstruation, birth control, genital piercing, and so much more, is like a conversation with a great friend over coffee.” –Elissa Stein, co-author of Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
“Lissa Rankin transitions from doctor to BFF without missing a beat, tackling even our most embarrassing questions with the utmost candor and without a speck of judgment. She rips off the flimsy paper sheet we've used to cover any unfounded shame or confusion we've experienced for being female. Embarrassing? Try empowering!“ --Jory Des Jardins, Co-founder of BlogHer.com
“Dr. Lissa Rankin has written a courageous book, providing information about topics that few others are willing to tackle. And when she doesn’t know the answer, she says so, giving us all the more reason to trust the answers she does give. What’s Up Down There dispels myths while reminding us of the beauty and mystery of our girl-bodies.” --Diana Daffner, author of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples
" Lissa is that approachable OB/GYN we all wish we had. In this frank, enlightening,
funny book (you know you're in for a treat when the table of contents makes you laugh) she answers all those questions and every other question I've ever had about my girly bits in 30 years of being a woman, 20 years of being a lover (sorry if that's too much information mum) and 5 years of being a mother." --Lorraine Regel, co-author of The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms
"I laughed, I cried, I wanted to throw my arms around Lissa Rankin and thank her wildly! What's Up Down There? is a book of rare honesty, comfort and humor that casts a feminine eye on the most powerful and vulnerable part of the female body. Lissa sheds a much-needed and brilliant light onto a place that has been cast into darkness and shame for far too long, bringing the ever-powerful vagina out of hiding and into the bright wholesome light of day. What's Up Down There? has everything I've ever wanted to know about vaginas but was too shy to ask!" -- Sheila Kelley, Founder of S-Factor
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This book is fabulous. I really did laugh and cry as I read it. Dr. Rankin addresses real life questions with detailed, real-life answers. Being a woman and a sex ed teacher, I know a lot about women's health issues. However, I learned a lot more in her book than I would have imagined.
I know one reviewer disliked the title because it perpetuates the idea that women's genitally is something not to be discussed. From reading this book, I can tell that this is not the author's belief - she firmly believes we should all love our bodies as they are. My guess is the title was a marketing decision by the publisher.
Back to the content. Dr. Rankin is a straight shooter. She tells it like it is and in a charming, revealing way. That is refreshing in the area of women's health. I like the fact that she shares her own experiences as a woman. This approach is empowering. We live in a society that doesn't want to talk about vaginas. Here is a medical professional who openly talks about all things woman, yet in a down-to-earth, non-clinical (yet accurate) way. This book is like a Vagina Dialogue. Let's take the stigma out of our body parts and be open to entire being.
Thank you Dr. Rankin for writing this book. I anticipate you will help many, many women.
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