King Kong theory

Author / Creator

Despentes, Virginie, 1969-

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Summary

With humor, rage, and confessional detail, Virginie Despentesin her own words, "more King Kong than Kate Moss"delivers a highly charged account of women's lives today. She explodes common attitudes...

With humor, rage, and confessional detail, Virginie Despentesin her own words, "more King Kong than Kate Moss"delivers a highly charged account of women's 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 the porn industry as a jumping-off point, she creates a new space for all those who can't or won't obey the rules. Virginie Despentes is the writer and co-director of Baise-Moi, the controversial rape-revenge novel that became the basis f.

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