"Parks and Recreation" writer Megan Amram offers up a "raunchy, crazy" textbook full

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Actress Ellen Page has something to say about comedian Megan Amram's new book, "Science... for Her!" Quoted on the back cover, Page says, "This book was fun and informative, and just the right size for my tiny lady hands! Most books cause my hands to bruise and chafe!"

"Science... for Her!" is the unholy lovechild of a science textbook and a particularly raunchy issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. It's a combination of satire and commentary on gender issues interspersed with graphics explaining physics through nail art and what famous women scientists look like without makeup. Released Tuesday, the book is currently the No. 1 best seller in the gender-studies category on Amazon. That's an unusual feat for a comedy book.

Amram has made a career out of crafting jokes for her 440,000 Twitter followers, along with writing for television series including the Amy Poehler-led sitcom "Parks and Recreation." She adopts an extreme persona as the book's narrator, channeling a woman who has overdosed on Glamour magazine and drowned in gender stereotypes. "I think it's pretty clear that whoever is writing this book is literally an insane person," she tells Crave. There's also kale. Lots of kale.

Amram took time out ahead of her book tour to speak to Crave about the origins of the book, her own love of science and how she tackles touchy subjects through comedy.