Virginie Despentes

Frank Wynne

King Kong Theory

"King Kong Theory is essential reading!"—Dorothy Allison "King Kong Theory brings to mind Solanas's SCUM Manifesto, Muscio's CUNT, and Plath's The Bell Jar—feminist eloquence without restraint. You will love it."—Susie Bright "Finally someone has done it! The feminist movement needs King Kong Theory now more than ever. A must-read for every sex worker, tranny, punk, queer, john, academic, pornographer—and for all those people who dislike them too."—Annie Sprinkle With humor, rage, and confessional detail, Virginie Despentes—in 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 for a film by the same name. Born in Paris, she now lives in Barcelona.

nadine 

I like myself as I am, more desiring than desirable.

micaela

Estoy furiosa contra una sociedad que me ha educado sin enseñarme nunca a golpear a un hombre si me abre las piernas a la fuerza, mientras que esa misma sociedad me ha inculcado la idea de que la violación es un crimen horrible del que no debería reponerme.

Los hombres se equivocan si se sienten alegres o protegidos al ver que desde todos los ámbitos se menosprecia, se entorpece y se designa como funesta la virilidad de las mujeres.

Nos falta seguridad con respecto a nuestra legitimidad para irrumpir en lo político; no se puede pedir menos, visto el terror físico y moral al que se enfrenta nuestra categoría sexual.

Nos echan la bronca porque los hombres tienen miedo. Como si la culpa fuera nuestra. Resulta asombroso y, como poco, moderno, que sea un dominante el que venga a quejarse de que el dominado no pone bastante de su parte

Réflexions de l'auteure de Baise-moi sur sa vie de femme et les évènements qui ont guidé ses choix de vie, sur la place laissée dans les sociétés modernes à chacun des deux sexes, sur l'ordre établi, sur son expérience de la prostitution occasionnelle, sur la sexualité féminine, sur les rapports entre sexes, etc.

King Kong théorie

Life changing for me and all of my friends. 

Schroeter Noémie

armoni mayes

a feminist manifesto…everyone should definitely read

Taous Merakchi

Bon bah je l'ai lu quinze ans trop tard mais j'ai quand même pris ma beigne.

heleen de boever

like gasoline
(albeit, at times, a little outdated)

Virginie manages to write about the male gaze and its influences on sex work, pornography, and the madonna/whore complex with a very sharp observation eye. She manages to build arguments as well as empathy while stating the clear problem: patriarchy and its underlying structures that can be tackled by a feminist approach (not just the female one, but one that includes all parties). 

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