Heather Corinna is a dedicated queer feminist activist, author, educator, artist, teacher, organizer and innovator. They are the founder and director of Scarleteen (www.scarleteen.com), the first inclusive and comprehensive sex, sexuality and relationships education online clearinghouse for young people, founded in 1998. Heather is also the author of S.E.X: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties, now in its second edition, Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies and Growing Up with Isabella Rotman, and was a contributing editor for the last edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves. Their award-winning work in sex and health education has received acclaim from The Woodhull Foundation, Ms. Magazine, BUST, Bitch, On Our Backs, The New York Times, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the ACLU, and has appeared in publications ranging from Teen Vogue to Rewire News Group to The Guardian.
Heather is navigating middle age with as much grace as they can muster (spoiler: not much), and currently lives and works in their hometown of Chicago.
Archie Bongiovanni is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Minneapolis who has been featured in The New Yorker, The Nib, Vice and Autostraddle. They're the co-creator of A Quick And Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns and their graphic novel, Grease Bats is an ongoing monthly comic on Autostraddle.com and was released as a printed collection in 2019. Archie's newest graphic novel, Mimosa is slated for publication in 2022 along with History Comics: Stonewall, their collaboration with A. Andrews. While their sex toy review podcast is dead (RIP), they've worked in the sex industry as a trained sexual health educator for five years through Minneapolis' favorite sex shop, The Smitten Kitten.
Praise for S.E.X.
"The best book about sex and sexuality: It covers everything from
puberty to sex to social and emotional health. It also addresses
more complicated issues such as relationship dynamics as well as
topics around sexual abuse. S.E.X. is also an excellent text for
LGBTQ+ teens, as it covers sexual and gender identity and outlines
different ways of being physically intimate, from kissing to anal
and vaginal intercourse."--The 10 Best Books About Adolescence,
According to Psychologists, New York Magazine, March 2019
"S.E.X. is a positive and informative all-embracing guide to
sexuality by a dedicated author. Heather Corinna challenges
adolescents and young adults alike to be proactive in owning their
sexuality by being true to themselves, all the while laying the
foundation of knowledge and acceptance key factors for the
development of a healthy sexuality."--Dr. Lynn Ponton, author, The
Sex Lives of Teenagers
"S.E.X. is, literally, a lifesaving book. Corinna's vast
commonsense wisdom--especially on topics relating to gender roles,
queer sexuality and gender identities--has the potential to improve
the physical and emotional health of anyone who reads it, and to
help heal our culture's unhealthy, conflicted approaches to sex,
sexuality and gender."--Lisa Jervis, Bitch magazine co-founder
"Corinna has put together a blockbuster of a book for young people
dealing with sex and relationships. Much like the authors of Our
Bodies, Ourselves and its spinoffs, Corinna answers every possible
question teens and young adults could have about virginity,
puberty, pregnancy, body image, masturbation, sexual identity, the
variety of relationships, and the mechanics of partnered sex. She
also addresses topics that are often overlooked, e.g., transgender
and inter[sex] identities, realistic teen relationship management
skills, and pornography. An excellent resource for preteens, teens,
young adults, and people working with these populations; highly
recommended for most libraries."--Deborah Bigelow, Library
Journal
"I think this is the most comprehensive, honest sex-ed book I have
ever seen."--Carol Schramm, First Thursday Book Reviews
"In high school and college, the bible is Heather Corinna's S.E.X.:
The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your
Teens and Twenties."--Peggy Orenstein, Goop
"Not only would my own adolescence have been vastly less painful
and confusing if I'd had access to the accurate, comprehensive, and
above all nonjudgmental information that Heather Corinna so
carefully provides, but S.E.X. is, literally, a lifesaving book:
Corinna's vast commonsense wisdom--especially on topics relating to
gender roles, queer sexuality, and gender identities--has the
potential to improve the physical and emotional health of anyone
who reads it, and to help heal our culture's unhealthy, conflicted
approaches to sex, sexuality, and gender."--Bust
"Talking to teens about sexuality can be really challenging. Our
children are counting on us for information and guidance, but human
bodies--and human relationships--are complex. It's hard to knowing
when to bring things up, how much to share, and what exactly to
talk about. That's why I'm so grateful for this amazing book by
Heather Corinna. In addition to giving clear, complete information
about puberty and sexual anatomy, Corinna addresses the
psychological and emotional concerns of young people with warmth
and care. Variations in sexual anatomy, sexual desire, sexual
orientation are gender are covered comprehensively, with repeated
reminders that there's no one right way to be "normal." Corinna
isn't afraid to address challenging topics like sexual assault and
pornography, and makes a point to repeatedly emphasize the
importance of consent and pleasure in healthy relationships...I
can't think of a better resource for learning about sexuality, and
I encourage you to check it out!"--Christopher Pepper
"The book that I like most for high school kids is by Heather
Corinna: S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality
Guide to Get You Through High School and College. It's very
straightforward and provides lots and lots of information, but it
talks about how that particular information relates to relationship
issues or values or communication issues. That's what kids need
more than anything."--Deborah Roffman, author, Sex and Sensibility
and Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your
Kids' 'Go-To' Person About Sex
"This is another groundbreaking book."--Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
"Wow. This book has been so useful to me as a consent educator on a
college campus! I constantly refer students to this book for
honest, shame-free, empowering, and accurate information
surrounding questions of sex, sexual orientation, and negotiating
boundaries. Corinna skillfully walks the readers through their
questions as they apply to real lives, including sections to
correct myths, discuss ideas that may be new, affirm identity and
autonomy, and challenge readers to move towards healthier lives.
Infused into every sentence is the empowering knowledge that the
reader deserves to control their own body. At the core, this book
is about agency. I can see the positive impact this book is making
on the individuals I mentor."--Janelle Hall
"The Long-Overdue Inclusive Feminist Guide to Menopause: This is a
true feminist take on perimenopause which offers a deep-dive
perspective not only about how our sexist, racist, ableist culture
has shaped our understanding of it but also how to have control
over one's choices during it...If you're currently going through
menopause, I think you'll feel better after reading this book. If
you haven't found some useful tips to help manage symptoms and
relationships, you'll at least have found a kindred spirit and
someone who's cheering you on to the other side where, Corinna
promises, things get better." --Rebellious Magazine
"A frank and funny guide for those who haven't 'exactly been having
a great time with perimenopause.' Full of heart--and answers--this
guide will be a useful resource for readers new to
perimenopause."--Publishers Weekly
"Good thing we have Heather Corinna with us along for the bumpy
ride, like the whip-smart, sardonic friend you used to hang with at
punk shows who's now armed with a metric ton of hard-earned wisdom
about the endocrine system, advice for vasomotor freakouts and
edibles. What Fresh Hell Is This?, is a brilliantly irreverent and
disruptive addition to the menopause survival/triumph category.
[Corinna] put their activist mojo to use in a guide that argues
forcefully for new thinking about perimenopause, with a lot of
laughs--and comics and Mad Libs!--along the way. Game
changed."--BookPage
"A helpful overview, with up-to-date research and friendly advice
on accepting one's new body."
--Library Journal
"Perimenopause is like being in a car trying to drive with the
handbrake on. There is nothing to do but sit with it, screeching
and all. Heather Corinna has written an essential driver's manual
for that screeching car. Their book is like a beloved friend who
reaches into the car and releases the handbrake for you. Drive! Go!
Liberation lies ahead!"--Mona Eltahawy, author of The Seven
Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
"We rely on Heather Corinna for clear, funny, inclusive, and
zero-nonsense writing about sex and sexuality and it's no surprise
they deliver again--brilliantly. What Fresh Hell Is This?
contextualizes and investigates what we think we know about
menopause before blowing our minds with a compendium of facts and
observations that people facing menopause urgently need. A truly
comprehensive, anti-shame, pro-embodiment resource for our
time."--S. Bear Bergman, author, publisher of Flamingo Rampant,
advice columnist, general-duty trans pride activist
"What a relief--like a deep, calming exhale alongside a thunderous
howl--to find this affirmation, information, solace, and nuanced
and expansive guidance. What Fresh Hell Is This joins the small,
but growing canon of work that is freeing these normal human
experiences from the confining constructions of patriarchy and
white supremacy so that maybe when my daughter is perimenopausal,
everything contained here be common knowledge."--Mia Birdsong,
author of How We Show Up
"I have loved Heather Corinna's work for twenty years, and What
Fresh Hell Is This is their best yet. This book feels like your
best friend talking to you over drinks-if your best friend is a
shit-talking, patriarchy-smashing, intersectionally feminist
professor of the history of reproductive medicine and also an
endocrinologist with a side hustle as a comedian. Please read this
book."--Emily Nagoski, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of
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