Introduction -- Vagina full of love / Julie C. Gardner. Jungle moves / Alexandra Rosas -- Round-headed baby / Mere Smith -- Swinging singles / Abby Heugel -- There is no ball drying at the dinner table / Noa Gavin -- The (not so) high price of fashion / Wendi Aarons -- Drunken botox / Poppy Marler -- ABC club / Amy Flory -- Oral hygiene in the wild, wild west / Allison Hart -- Act like you've got sense... like a mafia don / Suniverse -- My vagina is like a flower, a cauliflower / Lady Estrogen -- Second husband material / Amy Wruble -- Confucius say: when shit hits fan, girlfriends bring pooper scooper / Janie Emaus -- I have a dress problem / Meredith Spidel -- Then I asked: what should I know about having a kid? / Kim Bongiorno -- Adoption option ( and the idiots who try to talk to you about it) / Stephanie Giese -- Friends let friends pee their pants / Rebecca Gallagher -- Going off the deep end : a tale of swimsuits gone wrong / Andrea C. -- Stranded on the flood plain of (peri)menopause : a cautionary tale / Deborah Quinn -- Happy accidents / Janel Mills -- Reason I need a chaperone / Kerry Rossow -- Is forty fabulous? / Ellen Williams, Erin Dymowski -- Skin tag, you're it! / Julie Stamper -- "Good vibrations"? There's an app for that. Of course there is / Dawn Weber -- My life as a moo cow / Robyn Welling -- Fugitives / Liz Dawes -- What happens in Vegas / Shari Simpson -- Pipeline runs through it / Tarja Parssinen -- Last nice Jewish boy in Boston / Anna Sandler -- Gym : a place to go where muscles and gag reflexes go to workout / Tracy Winslow -- Confessions of a craft hater / Kim Forde -- Love and other drugs / Bethany Thies -- My masturbating grandma / Angela Shelton -- Why going to the DMV and the gynecologist are basically the same thing / Lisa Newlin -- Head games / Suzanne Fleet -- Backflash / Keesha Beckford -- Dropping the mask / Angie Kinghorn -- Pillow talk / Lori Wescott -- Vagina full of love / Julie C. Gardner.
Summary:
"Thank God for girlfriends and shared visits to powder rooms! That's always been the concept behind our website InThePowderRoom.com where we've been entertaining women with our humor and bold, brave honesty since 2009. Now we're taking it to the next level with an anthology of original short stories from some of the wittiest women writers we know, stories they would only tell their closest friends, most likely from within the haven of a ladies' room. Inside you'll find 39 (mostly) true tales by women, for women, about being women, bodily changes, relationships, careers, motherhood, aging, illness, and more, written with the humor and grit that proudly sets In The Powder Room apart. But be forewarned: we're holding nothing back. We're revealing our deep dark secrets, because it's through our most vulnerable and honest moments that we forge the strongest connections and discover we aren't so alone after all. You have a gimpy boob? Me too. You think glitter is the herpes of the craft world? Me too! You got your fishnet-clad leg stuck to your head on stage in front of thousands of people? Wait... what? OMG. Tell me everything! We are your friends, sisters, mothers, and daughters. Regardless of what life has dished up for you, chances are, we've been there and we can relate. We'll help you laugh it off, or hold your hand until you're ready to laugh again. And we promise: we'll always tell you when you have lipstick on your teeth."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.