How To Fail at Flirting

by Denise Williams

“You’re a badass, hot-as-hell, fucking brilliant doctor, not some insecure high school girl. Man up!” “Do you know how rife with toxic masculinity the phrase man up is?” I challenged, mirroring her pose. “It implies that to be courageous is to be a man.” “Do you know how annoying it is when you change the subject?” Her tone was smug. “I’m just saying, we don’t need to insert men into every aspect of our language.” “Okay, ovary up. Fallopian forward. Vulva with a vengeance.”

Felicia was originally written to model my childhood bestfriend who I think would definitely say something like this, but Vulva with a Vengeance might be one of my favorite lines in the book.