(pb; 2006:
translated from the French by Stéphanie Benson)
From
the inside flap
“With humor, rage and confessional detail, Virginie
Despentes─in her words 'more King Kong than Kate Moss'─delivers a highly
charged account of womens’ lives today. She explodes common attitudes about sex
and gender, and shows how modern beauty myths are ripe for rebelling against.
Using her own experiences of rape, prostitution and working in porn industry as
a jumping-off point, she creates a new space for those who can’t or won’t obey
the rules.”
Review
In the
six short essays that make up this collection, Despentes writes about, in her
usual fiery and blunt fashion, about gender roles and behavior, how being raped
and being a celebrity changed her, what we can do to fix ourselves and improve
the social and cultural systems that shape and imprison us (as she sees it).
This is an excellent, mostly focused read, one worth checking out.
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