Heather Corinna - What fresh hell is this? : perimenopause, menopause, other indignities, and you

WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?

We rely on Heather Corinna for clear, funny, inclusive, and zero-nonsense writing about sex and sexuality, and its no surprise theyve delivered againbrilliantly. What Fresh Hell Is This? contextualizes and investigates what we think we know about menopause before blowing our minds with a compendium of facts and observations that people facing menopause urgently need. A truly comprehensive, anti-shame, pro-embodiment resource for our time.

S. Bear Bergman, author, publisher of Flamingo Rampant, advice columnist, and general-duty trans pride activist

S.E.X.

Not only would my own adolescence have been vastly less painful and confusing if Id had access to the accurate, comprehensive, and above all nonjudgmental information that Heather Corinna so carefully provides, but S.E.X. is, literally, a lifesaving book: Corinnas vast commonsense wisdomespecially on topics relating to gender roles, queer sexuality, and gender identitieshas the potential to improve the physical and emotional health of anyone who reads it, and to help heal our cultures unhealthy, conflicted approaches to sex, sexuality, and gender.

Lisa Jervis, cofounder, Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture

The best book about sex and sexuality: It covers everything from puberty to sex to social and emotional health. It also addresses more complicated issues such as relationship dynamics as well as topics around sexual abuse. S.E.X. is also an excellent text for LGBTQ+ teens, as it covers sexual and gender identity and outlines different ways of being physically intimate, from kissing to anal and vaginal intercourse.

New York magazine

S.E.X. is a positive and informative all-embracing guide to sexuality by a dedicated author. Heather Corinna challenges adolescents and young adults alike to be proactive in owning their sexuality by being true to themselves, all the while laying the foundation of knowledge and acceptance key factors for the development of a healthy sexuality.

Dr. Lynn Ponton, author of The Sex Lives of Teenagers

Much like the authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves and its spinoffs, Corinna answers every possible question teens and young adults could have. [They] also address topics that are often overlooked, e.g., transgender and inter[sex] identities, realistic teen relationship management skills, and pornography.

Deborah Bigelow, Library Journal

WAIT, WHAT?

Wait, What? is straightforward and clear, exactly whats needed to help kids develop authentic awareness and conversation about bodies, relationships, feelings and sexuality.

Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Inclusive, respectful, accurate, and informative. Expert sex educators Corinna and Rotman are funny but never flippant when answering typical tween questions. [T]he authors are never confrontational, making room for all points of view.

Paula Willey, Baltimore County Public Library, Maryland, School Library Journal, starred review

This book consistently puts the needs of its readers first, meticulously working to emphasize gender diversity, individuality, and the messiness of adolescence. Body parts are intentionally ungendered, sexual orientations are shown as fluid and joyful, and there is a constant emphasis on the importance of friendships and mutual support. While brief, this guide manages to cover crucial topics thoroughly and humorously, reassuring readers that while all of this is a big deal, its something they can handle.

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

It brings a loving, essential lens to matters of heart and soul, offering a road map not only to physical changes, but the complex social and emotional terrain of consent, crushes, and identity.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of Nurture the Wow

S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties

Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Upwith Isabella Rotman and Luke Howard

This ones for you, Mom.

This wasnt just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible.

This was terrible with raisins in it.

Dorothy Parker

D id you see the title and flame-filled cover of this book, and did your weary, sweaty, confused, and exasperated soul scream, That one! That is the book for me!!?

If so, Id first like to extend my deepest sympathies, an ice pack, and some of these very helpful edibles. If its three in the morning as youre reading this, as it may well be, you likely want those more than a book. But since I cant really give you the other stuff, I can at least offer you this book until the sun comes up and you can go get your own coping necessities, whatever they may be.