Some reviewers from the Goodreads community have debated whether the book’s transition from early feminist "coloring books" (like Tee Corinne’s) to a slicker photographic format shifts its intent from political empowerment toward something more voyeuristic.

She once said in an interview: "I wanted a book where a woman could open it and say, 'Oh, mine looks like that one. And that one. And that one is different but still beautiful.'"