Publisher's Synopsis
- Forewords by Erica Jong and Roxane Gay
- Original essays by Stoya, Erika Lust, Alice Little, Naana Otoo-Oyortey, Dani Lessnau, Vaginal Davis, Natasha Stagg and Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova
- Iconic works by artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, Cecily Brown, Marilyn Minter, Tamara de Lempicka, Leonor Fini, Alice Neel, Marlene Dumas, Marina Abramovic, Meret Oppenheim & many more
- Never-before-published works by artists such as Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann & many more
- An original coloring book by fetish illustrator @RIPBAMBI
- Excerpts + quotes from seminal texts by authors including Judy Chicago, Kathy Acker, Anais Nin, Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, Naomi Wolf and Audre Lorde
"If we could truly depict women's desire, we might come to understand how it secretly rules the world." ? Erica Jong, A Woman's Right To Pleasure
Iconic and never-before-published works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, Marlene Dumas and Alice Neel run alongside original essays by New York Times best selling authors Erica Jong and Roxane Gay, and contributions from photographers like Cindy Sherman, Carrie Mae Weems, Marilyn Minter and Nan Goldin, as well as by emerging talent such as Mickalene Thomas, Martine Gutierrez and Harley Weir in this groundbreaking art book that sees the most critical female voices of the last century explore the idea of pleasure ? and empowerment ? in all its forms. Forewords by: Erica Jong and Roxane Gay Artwork by: Nina Chanel Abney, Marina Abramovic, Ghada Amer, Judith Bernstein, Renate Bertlmann, Cass Bird, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Arvida Bystrom, Amanda Charchian, Judy Chicago, Maisie Cousins, Renee Cox, Vaginal Davis, Tamara De Lempicka, Annique Dephine, Suzy Kellems Dominik, Marlene Dumas, Tracey Emin, Leonor Fini, Monica Kim Garza, Nan Goldin, Martine Gutierrez, Andrea Hasler, Jenny Holzer, Elizabeth Ilsley, Natalie Krim, Friedl Kubelka, Dani Lessnau, Natalia LL, Sarah Lucas, Sally Mann, Lena Marquise, Andrea Mary Marshall, Marilyn Minter, Sophia Narrett, Alice Neel, Reka Nyari, Georgia O'Keeffe, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Meret Oppenheim, Signe Pierce, Alexandra Rubinstein, Faith Ringgold, Jenny Saville, Carolee Schneemann, Tschabalala Self, Joan Semmel, Cindy Sherman, Sonia Sieff, Penny Slinger, Mairi-Luise Tabbakh, Mickalene Thomas, Betty Tompkins, Ellen Von Unwerth, Sophia Wallace, Carrie Mae Weems, Harley Weir and Luo Yang, with an exclusive coloring book by RIP Bambi. Essays by: Kathy Acker, Judy Chicago, Vaginal Davis, Alice Little, Erika Lust, Naana Otoo Oyortey, Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, Natasha Stagg, and Stoya. Quotes by: Simone de Beauvoir, Eve Ensler, Betty Friedan, Audre Lorde, and Anais Nin.
