Product Description

Cynthia Heimel was oppressed, just like you, by loneliness and indecision and love and lust and high heels. She decided to have a wonderful time anyway, but it hurt. From the crucible of her agony she wrote the runaway hit, Sex Tips for Girls, and everyone (except Christian fundamentalists) thought it was funny and wise. Actually, it was a perfect book, especially when it told you to get into bed upside down.

Cynthia smiled wanly at her success, because frankly the oppression continued. It was even worse. So then from the crucible of that agony she wrote Advanced Sex Tips for Girls, another perfect book, something to giggle at whether you were brokenhearted or warily in love again.

In Advanced Sex Tips for Girls we take a tour of the decades that informed our sexual politics. Using Cynthia's own life in particular, we learn why we are the way we are and how we can understand the Book of Love.

Should you date a man who's on Prozac? Why is "single" a buzzword that makes us feel like killing ourselves? What's so funny about a man in a dress? Why was the panty girdle the straw that broke the back of the patriarchy? What if your son gets married on MTV? Is the Backlash over? Why does the theory of evolution dictate that every human must get laid as much as humanly possible? And just wait until you read "The Hobag Manifesto," which will join The Female Eunuch and The Second Sex in the pantheon of feminist literature and will make you die laughing.

You'll love this book. It will become your new best friend.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #985068 in Books
• Published on: 2002
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

From Library Journal
In this sequel to Sex Tips for Girls, Heimel offers her sardonic advice and wry observations on the difficulties of being a woman during the past 40 years. Thirty-two short chapters cover topics as varied as men's preference for bitchy women, Heimel's delight in discovering feminism, eating out of frustration, and trying testosterone patches. Several chapters deal with her close connection with her many dogs, including the "beagle-ish" Homer, who had "no pedigree at all, just essence of K-9, which, if you ask me, is at least next to godliness." Heimel has a knack for choosing snappy cover titles and for poking fun at male behavior, and here she reveals much of her personal life. Some readers will find her sex tips hilarious and sassy. Others will consider them frivolous, vulgar, and full of anger. A suitable purchase for larger public libraries. Ilse Heidmann, Olympia, WA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Merill Markoe, author of IT'S MY &*%#! BIRTHDAY
"Cynthia Heimel's new book is so funny, smart and hilariously enraged that I cannot recommend it too highly.

Anne Lamott, author of TRAVELING MERCIES: SOME THOUGHTS ON FAITH
"Cynthia Heimel is the funniest, most wonderful writer on romance, and sex and bodies."