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Nome padrão: Strömquist, Liv
Data de nascimento: 1978
Sexo: female
Nacionalidade: Sweden
Locais de residência: Malmö, Sweden
Ocupação: Serietecknare
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Kunskapens frukt : Liv Strömquist de Liv Strömquist

Lots of interesting facts about history of women's genitalia and sexuality. Funny and thought-provoking.

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Lady_Lazarus | outras 4 resenhas | Jan 2, 2024 |

The Reddest Rose: Romantic Love from the Ancient… de Liv Strömquist

I really enjoyed Strömquist's Fruit Of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy, but I found my eyes glazing over frequently as I trudged through this study of the nature of love. Genitals for the win!

Leaning extensively on the work of Byung-Chul Han and Eva Illouz -- I'm unfamiliar with either -- and the shallow relationships of Leonardo DiCaprio, Strömquist comes to the conclusion that love is impossible with the groupthink of our modern age where women should put their well-being ahead of suffering from bad or inadequate relationships. I don't think many readers will be happy to hear that.

The interesting and humorous moments are few and far between, leaving me bored and eager to get on to the next book on my to-read shelf, whatever that might be.… (mais)

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villemezbrown | 1 outra resenha | Apr 2, 2023 |

Fruit Of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy de Liv Strömquist

A raucous, outrageous, and outraging history of vulvas, vaginas, and menstruation and the men who hate them.

Maybe if more people read books like this, we'd have fewer books like Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.

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villemezbrown | outras 4 resenhas | Oct 24, 2022 |

The Reddest Rose: Romantic Love from the Ancient… de Liv Strömquist

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through Edelweiss.

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fernandie | 1 outra resenha | Sep 15, 2022 |

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