Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front (and Back)
By Mara Altman
G.P. Putnam's Sons | August 2018 | ISBN-10: 0399574832 | ePUB/MOBI | 16.5/9.81 mb

An honest, funny, neurotic, and totally gross love child of Mindy Kaling and Mary Roach.
Mara Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty? Also, why is breast cleavage sexy but camel toe revolting? Isn't it all just cleavage? These questions and others like them have led to the comforting and sometimes smelly revelations that constitute Gross Anatomy, an essay collection about what it's like to operate the bags of meat we call our bodies.
Divided into two sections, "The Top Half" and "The Bottom Half," with cartoons scattered throughout, Altman's book takes the reader on a wild and relatable journey from head to toe-as she attempts to strike up a peace accord with our grody bits.
With a combination of personal anecdotes and fascinating research, Gross Anatomy holds up a magnifying glass to our beliefs, practices, biases, and body parts and shows us the naked truth: that there is greatness in our grossness.

About the Author 
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Mara Altman enjoys writing about issues that embarrass her (e.g., chin hair), because she has found that putting shame on the page defuses the stigma, leaving her with a sense of empowerment and freedom. Her first book, Thanks for Coming, an investigation into love and orgasm, was translated into three languages. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, and New York magazine, among other publications. Before going freelance, Altman worked as a staff writer for The Village Voice and daily newspapers in India and Thailand. An alumna of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she lives in San Diego with quite a few other hairy beings.

CONTENTS
Prologue
The Top Half
1. Bearded Lady
2. Some Nits, Picked
3. Face It
4. The Earth Moved. Trust Me.
5. The Big Dripper
6. My Cup Runneth Under
7. Actual Navel Gazing
The Bottom Half
8. The Air Down There
9. The Butt Paradox
10. PILEup on the “Inner” State
11. The Human Stain
12. The Eleventh Toe
13. You’re So Vein
14. Bloody Hell
15. Wart, Me Worry?
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Author
 
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