Showing titles in Sexual & Reproductive Health

In Indie Porn, Zahra Stardust examines the motivations and interventions of independent porn producers as they navigate criminal laws, risk-averse platforms, discriminatory algorithms, and rampant piracy. Herself a porn performer and participant, Stardust takes listeners behind the scenes, offering intimate insights into this sociopolitical movement. She finds politicians who watch porn in parliament, protesters leading face-sitting demonstrations, sex workers making COVID-safe pornography, and artists reverse-engineering porn detection software.

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory. Clinicians are on the front line in providing support for the estimated millions pioneering these modern relationships. This first available guide for therapists provides answers to prevalent questions: What is the difference between expanded monogamy and polyamory? Is CNM healthy and safe? Why would someone choose the complexities of multiple partners? What about the welfare of children?

He means well. He just doesn't always know what you need in the moment.This book fixes that.The Reliable Partner Pregnancy Guide gives first-time dads a simple, practical system for reading the room, choosing the right response, and showing up in a way that actually helps, without you having to...

The Psychology of Consensual Non-Monogamy explores the emotional, cognitive, and relational dynamics behind relationships that exist outside traditional monogamy. Drawing from psychology, sociology, and real-world experiences, this book examines why some individuals are drawn to consensual...

The final decades of life are both a challenge and a blessing. With clarity, humor and wisdom, Love and Time explores the preparation needed to make our final years a time of culmination of life rather than stagnation, how to deal with grief from the inevitable losses and debilities that come...

¿Qué grado de compromiso tiene la literatura con la sociedad de su tiempo? ¿Podemos seguir defendiendo que el cuerpo de las mujeres tiene un precio? Esta es una pregunta que se planteó la autora de este manifiesto mientras lo escribía. Este libro aborda un tema que nos incumbe a todos: la...

As the first book on terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons, this is an essential, supportive and informative guide to breaking this taboo. Terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons is one of the most common forms of baby loss—yet it is still taboo. Open this compassionate book to break...

A paradigm-shifting achievement, built from the author’s own research, showing that pregnancy profoundly transforms our brains even more than adolescence does. Dispels “mommy brain” stereotypes and trailblazes new understanding at the core of humanity with warmth and compassion...

You are not alone!Pregnancy loss is still a taboo subject with many women suffering in silence. Women don’t seek support for a variety of reasons and are left feeling so alone.This is a companion guide to assist you with tangible tools so you can access your own inner wisdom and healer.What...

Are you ready to unlock the secrets to pelvic floor health, sensuality, and sexuality?In The Roots of Pelvic Floor Yoga, author, seasoned nurse, and yoga instructor, Heather Dolson, will take you on a transformative journey exploring the intricate history of body shaming in women as Dolson...

3 Books in 1—The Complete New Dad Guide from Pregnancy to Toddlerhood Becoming a dad changes everything. One minute you're navigating pregnancy. Then you're learning how to care for a newborn. Before long, you're dealing with tantrums, routines, boundaries, and an energetic toddler. New Dad...

Do you feel lost and overwhelmed in the wake of a miscarriage or stillbirth?This book will be your companion and guide as you navigate through the pain and trauma of pregnancy loss. With this book, you will learn how to acknowledge, allow and feel the shock, anger and sadness of your loss, how...

Having submitted himself to Freudian psychoanalysis, the narrator keeps a diary with the aim of conquering his addiction to smoking. He describes his marriage to the woman he didn't want to marry, how he drives his business partner to despair, and how his "last cigarette" turns out to be one of many. Zeno is the classic "schlemiel"; his erratic foibles, his questionable logic, and his curious inclination to self sabotage help shine a light on human behavior in general, and reveal the many subtle half-truths people may tell themselves in order to defend their own actions and egos.

What does it really mean to be a man? In Man Alive, Thomas Page McBee attempts to answer that question by focusing on two of the men who most impacted his life - one, his otherwise ordinary father who abused him as a child, and the other, a mugger who almost killed him. Standing at the brink of the life-changing decision to transition from female to male, McBee seeks to understand these examples of flawed manhood and tells us how a brush with violence sent him on the quest to untangle a sinister past and freed him to become the man he was meant to be.

In 1896, Sigmund Freud presented his revolutionary “seduction theory,” arguing that childhood sexual abuse directly caused adult mental illness. Just nine years later, he completely reversed this stance, insisting these traumatic memories were mere fantasies. Why did Freud retract his original theory? And why has the psychoanalytic community gone to such lengths to conceal this critical reversal?

For many years the focus of fear and disgust, the anus is actually one of the human body's most wondrous creations-elegant, efficient, and richly supplied with pleasure nerves. However, stress and ignorance can turn the anus and its functions from a source of delight into a painful disability. What's needed is an owner's manual-and here it is! Join therapist and sexologist Jack Morin, Ph.D., on this tour of the anus, complete with information and exercises to open the door to new sources of comfort and gratification.

Samantha Busch, wife of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch, knows the thrill of the racing circuit. She also knows the heartache of infertility, and shares both in this honest and relatable account where faith, family, love, and loss intersect. As Samantha and Kyle’s public lives grew more pronounced, their private life was being torn apart. The frustrations and uncertainty of their fertility problems took a toll on them as individuals and as a couple. Samantha openly details her battle with infertility in this candid and inspiring account.

Embark on a nourishing journey for you and your growing baby with "Eating for Pregnancy: The Essential Guide to Nutritious Eating during Pregnancy." This audiobook is your comprehensive resource to optimize your nutrition and embrace a healthy pregnancy.

In Hormone Balance For Dummies, renowned hormone health coach Isabella Mainwaring delivers an accessible and exciting new take on hormonal imbalance. You'll discover why hormone balance is so important for you and contributes to everything from the maintenance of a healthy weight to fertility, mental wellness, and overall health. The author goes beyond diet and lifestyle to offer practical nervous system regulation tips and dive deep on available treatment options for hormonal imbalance.

The smell of leather. The flash of a harness. The snap of a latex glove. Welcome to the radical, vibrant world of sexual fetishists. In 21st century commodity culture, we are all intimately involved with objects: we covet a Birkin bag; we keep trainers box-fresh. We are, in a sense, all...