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When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain - and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself.

The Latin term for the female genitalia, pudendum, means “parts for which you should be ashamed”. Until 1651, ovaries were called female testicles. The fallopian tubes are named for a man. Named, claimed, and shamed: Welcome to the story of the female body, as penned by men. Today, a new generation of (mostly) women scientists is finally redrawing the map. With modern tools and fresh perspectives, they’re looking at the organs traditionally bound up in reproduction—the uterus, ovaries, vagina—and seeing within them a new biology of change and resilience.

In De Vagina Dialogen van Libelle loodsen Marieke, Ellen en Anne-Marie de luisteraar langs alles wat we maar willen weten over de vagina. Het ultieme doel: álles bespreekbaar maken en wég met die schaamte. Wat weet jij eigenlijk van je vagina? En waarom praten we er zo weinig over? Libelle en Bureau Vrouwenzaken zijn on a mission om de vagina voor eens en altijd uit de schaamstreek te halen. In zes afleveringen van De Vagina Dialogen ontrafelen Marieke (43), Anne-Marie(45) en Ellen (53) de geheimen en schaamte over de vagina. Het trio stelt ongestelde vragen en deelt open en ...