This edition published by arrangement with Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York.Īll rights reserved. She is the author of three guides for Ian Kerner’s, including Guide to Female Orgasms, and she writes the popular sex blog .Įmily lives in western Massachusetts with two dogs, two cats, and a cartoonist.ġ8–20 Edward St, Brunswick, Victoria 3056, AustraliaĢ John St, Clerkenwell, London, WC1N 2ES, United Kingdom She also taught graduate and undergraduate classes in human sexuality, relationships and communication, stress management, and sex education. While at IU, Emily worked as an educator and docent at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.

She also has a BA in psychology, with minors in cognitive science and philosophy, from the University of Delaware. She has a PhD in health behaviour with a doctoral concentration in human sexuality from Indiana University (IU), and a master’s degree (also from IU) in counseling, with a clinical internship at the Kinsey Institute Sexual Health Clinic. ‘ Come As You Are screams female empowerment loud and proud.’ The Independent Read moreĮMILY NAGOSKI is director of Wellness Education and lecturer at Smith College, where she teaches women’s sexuality. ‘As a literary work, Nagoski’s book deserves plaudits for the rare achievement of merging pop science and the sexual self-help genre in prose that’s not insufferably twee … “You are normal!” doesn’t sound much like a battlecry, but in a world keen to sexually homogenise women from the gap of their thighs to the shape of their mons pubis, the sentiment lands like a bomb.’ The Guardian Underlying almost all of the questions we still have about sex is the common worry: ‘Am I normal?’ This book answers with a resounding Yes! We are all different, but we are all normal - and once we learn this, we can create for ourselves better sex and more profound pleasure than we ever thought possible. Sex educator Dr Emily Nagoski debunks the common sexual myths that are making women (and some men!) feel inadequate between the sheets. We were told the wrong story.Ĭome as You Are reveals the true story behind female sexuality, uncovering the little-known science of what makes us tick and, more importantly, how and why. An essential exploration of women’s sexuality that will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy.Īfter all the books that have been written about sex, all the blogs and TV shows and radio Q&As, how can it be that we all still have so many questions? The frustrating reality is that we’ve been lied to - not deliberately, it’s no one’s fault, but still.

Come as you are by emily nagoski