Cunt (20th Anniversary Edition)

By: Inga Muscio

Narrated by: Inga Muscio

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

An ancient title of respect for women, the word "cunt" long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim "cunt" as a positive and powerful force in their lives.

In this fully revised edition, she explores, with candidness and humor, such traditional feminist issues as birth control, sexuality, jealousy between women, and prostitution with a fresh attitude for a new generation of women. Sending out a call for every woman to be the Cuntlovin' Ruler of Her Sexual Universe, Muscio stands convention on its head by embracing all things cunt-related. This edition is fully revised with updated resources, a new foreword from sexual pioneer Betty Dodson, and a new afterword by the author.

"Bright, sharp, empowering, long-lasting, useful, sexy...." (San Francisco Chronicle)

"Cunt provides fertile ground for psychological growth." (San Francisco Bay Guardian)

"Cunt does for feminism what smoothies did for high-fiber diets - it reinvents the oft-indigestible into something sweet and delicious." (Bust Magazine)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Inga Muscio (P)2018 Hachette Audio

A book a daughter & mother has bonded and grown together through

I had started this book a few years back and never got to finish it due to life getting in my way. My daughter as a teen came across it, and read it and was excitingly telling me about how much it changed her perspective. She has recommended it to her educators, who’s read and used it as well. I, have finally gotten to where I can listen to here and finish it through and it is highly, highly loved and the explanation, through a, perspectives given here are valuable for all.

my name is...inga

Sooo, it caught my attention in a podcast because it said my name, which i have never heard outside someone talking to myself. So, literally ot was calling to me. I loved it. How powerful and liberating. Thank you for supporting ideas I had that society doesnt support or acknowledge and thank you for opening my eyes to a plethora of new ones. Thank you to my fellow Inga!!

Best book ever

narrator is awesome loved every bit want to meet author/narrator. she is admirable. thank you

yes.

this changed my life. I would recommend this book to anyone, and more so the audiobook.

A book that makes you think

Whether you are a man or woman, cis or gay, white or a POC, this book’s subject is thoughtful and engaging. The title may be off putting for some, but I agree with her assessment of words. There are some words that the negative should be removed and reclaimed as powerful.

She states at the very beginning that she is not offering medical advice. She gave me insight into the female genitalia that I didn’t have previously. We know more about the ocean floor than we do female biology. (I do have a medical background, btw)

I gave the performance only 3 stars because her voice at times was at a frequency that was a tad grating for me. She may have a speech impediment or be partially deaf and/or not realize how her voice sounds. This is completely my issue and does not detract from the quality of her writing.

Thin Veneer of Empowerment Over a Discordant Rant

Opens with a foreword from the author heaping praise on their own work to a point beyond belief and decency. Rests entirely on the shock value of it's title and provides little if anything of substance. Quickly devolves into a sales pitch for psychic surgery, astrology, and variety of other dubious practices. The author fails to grasp the difference between their opinion and fact, continually making assertions grounded only in anecdotal evidence completely devoid of any scientific rigor or external references. If you already share the views and values of the author, you might find this book affirming. If you do not, you will likely find it uncompelling and unhinged.

If like me you were intrigued and excited by insightfulness, edginess, and humor of the free sample provided, beware that is not representative of the work as a whole. It will likely leave you feeling gaslit and the victim of a bait and switch.

Great start that went south fast

I really enjoyed the start of the book, it was personal, insightful and spoke to being at one with our bodies and being a woman. It quickly deteriorated into a rant about men, white people, writers, artists etc. Basically anyone who isn't a person of colour or is a male is bad, wrong and their contribution to the world does not count.
The reader also had a lisp which made listening quite challenging for me at times.

..eeeh..

It wasn’t inspiring like other books I’ve read on Womanhood…it felt more like someone need to vent about their troubled life…I wasn’t impressed..