Unveiling the Hidden Layers: Ashley Anderson’s Bold Exploration of the Woman’s Body
Reviewed by Marissa Gallerani
Sifting the Feminine: Essays on a Woman’s Body by Ashley Anderson (University of Georgia Press,;March 2026) is a collection of essays examining Anderson’s relationship to her body and her chronic illness in a post-Roe world.
The book is structured into separate essays that are dedicated to different body parts. Frequent themes include Anderson’s PCOS diagnosis, the impact it has had on her body, her experience as a woman in the world, and what this means for her reproductive rights. (Note: This book was written before the terminology for PCOS changed to PMOS.)
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