Katja Lewina, SHE’S UP FOR IT
Dumont - Non-Fiction - Hardcover - February 2020 - 223 pages
Katja Lewina is up for it. And she writes about it.
Since #MeToo the calls for the potent woman became louder and louder. Lewina continues the debate about female desire and explores along her own erotic biography how much sexism lies in our sexual life. Childlike masturbation, visits to the gynecologists, porn preferences or fake orgasm: no subject is too intimate for her. And none of it as individual as we like to think. But the crusts of our socialization can be scraped off! And so her book is more empowerment than denunciation, more guidance on potency than sacrificial thinking. For after the perception of injustice and taboos, now is the time to take the path to self-empowerment.
“There’s a tingling sensation between the legs, sweats, laughter and shame. What more could you ask for? It is so well written! I love it!” - Charlotte Roche
"Fortunately for us, there are authors like Lewina! This book is a fight for freedom. Katja Lewina writes quite clearly that she is not concerned with right or wrong, nor with guidelines for action. She gives women courage and makes sex what it should be again: the most beautiful triviality in the world." - ELLE
"Lewina has written an entertaining book about screaming sexual injustice that is crude and direct. And funny, too." - Die Zeit
"She pursues feminist enlightenment with her stories and thoughts, which are not only free of false shame and taboos, but also have a liberating effect when read." - Fm4
"Compulsory reading for students, parents & everyone else." - Die Literarische Welt
"The main aim of "She's up for it" is to use studies and personal experiences to tear away some of the shame that makes it difficult for women to enjoy their sexuality. This aims at the centre of the discussions that have been going on since #MeToo." - Republik.ch
"A lot can be gained from Katja Lewina and this book - for reflection as well as for imitation." - Die Wienerin
"A literally awesome written full body insight." - EMOTION
"She tells very openly, very explicitly about her own sexual experiences, but not sexually charged, but very calm and analytical, always putting the socio-political level under her microscope." - Deutschlandfunk