Join us for a deep (and delightfully nerdy) dive into the misunderstood world of vaginas, where we’ll learn about orgasm-chasing royalty, clitoral wingspans, vagina lollipops, wandering wombs — and the research on female anatomy we still desperately need. Science writer Rachel Gross is our fearless guide.

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Writing by Rachel

• Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage (using this book link supports our show!)

• Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It? (NYT)

• Women in Menopause Are Getting the Short Shrift (The Atlantic)

• What Can We Learn from Menstrual Blood? (The New Yorker)

• Body Language (NYT series on the history of medical language)

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More on the clitoris & friends

• The Clitoris, Uncovered (video by Rachel for Scientific American)

• Cliteracy Reel (3D depictions by Sophia Wallace)

• SEX-ED+ (company that makes silicone molds of clitorises and vulvas for educational purposes)

• Tight Lipped (grassroots movement by and for people with chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain)

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