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Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in #book form. Part #memoir, part #punk #manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of #gender, #power, and #sexuality in our modern world. #books #bookreview #VirginieDespentes #French #feminism
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Book Review: King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes
Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in book form. Part memoir, part punk manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of gender, power, and sexuality in our modern world.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, Essays, Feminism
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK, 2020), The Feminist Press (US, 2010)
Review in one word: Joyful
Originally published in French in 2006, this classic feminist work is now available in English. Despentes is a punk iconoclast, rebel writer and confrontational filmmaker. Arguably her most famous book is her first novel Baise-Moi, was later adapted for the screen. She is the author of more than fifteen works, including the acclaimed Vernon Subutex trilogy. Always seeing life from the outskirts, Despentes draws from her own experience as a former sex worker and rape survivor for her scathing and excoriating analysis of surviving in a world mired in misogyny and misandry.
Far from being depressing in nature, this book is irreverant, hillarious and cheeky in its analysis of our world.
There’s a whole range of taboos that are exploded in this book. As she states in the explosive opening, “from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh”.
The essays in this book are provocative, explosive and generous in their philosophical reach and insight. Despentes examines concepts of rape, prostitution, pornography and the myth of the ideal woman. She strongly rejects victimhood and refuses to apologise or explain her reasons for doing anything she has done.
The book shows its age in the discussion about the ultimate waif-like beauty of the 90’s – Kate Moss. Despentes joyfully aligns herself not with the unreachable ideal of Kate Moss but instead with the mythological monster – King Kong who is beyond male and beyond female. He is a potent symbol of polymorphic sexuality and raw power before he is captured and destroyed by society.
The overarching themes are of railing against oppressive forces of sexual and societal control in our world are refreshing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the ethos so closely intertwined with rebelious culture, art and music which showed in her amazing Vernon Subutex series. Despentes argues for a “new punk feminism” that embraces and loves what society deems monstrous or unacceptable in women and any one else who feels marginalised.
She challenges the binary thinking that pits “good” women against “bad” ones, virgins against whores, and victims against aggressors. Her style is blistering, direct, and brutally honest, characterised by precisely phrased rage and a refusal to soften her message for the comfort of the reader.
Despentes’ tone is provocative, warm and unapologetic. King Kong Theory is an essential work that rejects polite discourse in favour of a raw truth about sex and power that is as uncomfortable, liberating and joyful. I cannot tell you how much this book means to me, it is foundational, liberating and life-changing in every way.
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Book Review: King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes
Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in book form. Part memoir, part punk manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of gender, power, and sexuality in our modern world.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, Essays, Feminism
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK, 2020), The Feminist Press (US, 2010)
Review in one word: Joyful
Originally published in French in 2006, this classic feminist work is now available in English. Despentes is a punk iconoclast, rebel writer and confrontational filmmaker. Arguably her most famous book is her first novel Baise-Moi, was later adapted for the screen. She is the author of more than fifteen works, including the acclaimed Vernon Subutex trilogy. Always seeing life from the outskirts, Despentes draws from her own experience as a former sex worker and rape survivor for her scathing and excoriating analysis of surviving in a world mired in misogyny and misandry.
Far from being depressing in nature, this book is irreverant, hillarious and cheeky in its analysis of our world.
There’s a whole range of taboos that are exploded in this book. As she states in the explosive opening, “from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh”.
The essays in this book are provocative, explosive and generous in their philosophical reach and insight. Despentes examines concepts of rape, prostitution, pornography and the myth of the ideal woman. She strongly rejects victimhood and refuses to apologise or explain her reasons for doing anything she has done.
The book shows its age in the discussion about the ultimate waif-like beauty of the 90’s – Kate Moss. Despentes joyfully aligns herself not with the unreachable ideal of Kate Moss but instead with the mythological monster – King Kong who is beyond male and beyond female. He is a potent symbol of polymorphic sexuality and raw power before he is captured and destroyed by society.
The overarching themes are of railing against oppressive forces of sexual and societal control in our world are refreshing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the ethos so closely intertwined with rebelious culture, art and music which showed in her amazing Vernon Subutex series. Despentes argues for a “new punk feminism” that embraces and loves what society deems monstrous or unacceptable in women and any one else who feels marginalised.
She challenges the binary thinking that pits “good” women against “bad” ones, virgins against whores, and victims against aggressors. Her style is blistering, direct, and brutally honest, characterised by precisely phrased rage and a refusal to soften her message for the comfort of the reader.
Despentes’ tone is provocative, warm and unapologetic. King Kong Theory is an essential work that rejects polite discourse in favour of a raw truth about sex and power that is as uncomfortable, liberating and joyful. I cannot tell you how much this book means to me, it is foundational, liberating and life-changing in every way.
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Book Review: King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes
Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in book form. Part memoir, part punk manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of gender, power, and sexuality in our modern world.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, Essays, Feminism
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK, 2020), The Feminist Press (US, 2010)
Review in one word: Joyful
Originally published in French in 2006, this classic feminist work is now available in English. Despentes is a punk iconoclast, rebel writer and confrontational filmmaker. Arguably her most famous book is her first novel Baise-Moi, was later adapted for the screen. She is the author of more than fifteen works, including the acclaimed Vernon Subutex trilogy. Always seeing life from the outskirts, Despentes draws from her own experience as a former sex worker and rape survivor for her scathing and excoriating analysis of surviving in a world mired in misogyny and misandry.
Far from being depressing in nature, this book is irreverant, hillarious and cheeky in its analysis of our world.
There’s a whole range of taboos that are exploded in this book. As she states in the explosive opening, “from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh”.
The essays in this book are provocative, explosive and generous in their philosophical reach and insight. Despentes examines concepts of rape, prostitution, pornography and the myth of the ideal woman. She strongly rejects victimhood and refuses to apologise or explain her reasons for doing anything she has done.
The book shows its age in the discussion about the ultimate waif-like beauty of the 90’s – Kate Moss. Despentes joyfully aligns herself not with the unreachable ideal of Kate Moss but instead with the mythological monster – King Kong who is beyond male and beyond female. He is a potent symbol of polymorphic sexuality and raw power before he is captured and destroyed by society.
The overarching themes are of railing against oppressive forces of sexual and societal control in our world are refreshing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the ethos so closely intertwined with rebelious culture, art and music which showed in her amazing Vernon Subutex series. Despentes argues for a “new punk feminism” that embraces and loves what society deems monstrous or unacceptable in women and any one else who feels marginalised.
She challenges the binary thinking that pits “good” women against “bad” ones, virgins against whores, and victims against aggressors. Her style is blistering, direct, and brutally honest, characterised by precisely phrased rage and a refusal to soften her message for the comfort of the reader.
Despentes’ tone is provocative, warm and unapologetic. King Kong Theory is an essential work that rejects polite discourse in favour of a raw truth about sex and power that is as uncomfortable, liberating and joyful. I cannot tell you how much this book means to me, it is foundational, liberating and life-changing in every way.
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Follow me on Mastodon Watch my videos Donate to my Ko Fi #book #BookReview #BookReviews #bookTag #BookReview #books #essays #feminism #feminist #French #gender #History #manifesto #memoir #nonFiction #Philosophy #power #punk #sexuality #storytelling #VirginieDespentes #VirginieDespentes -
Two weeks against pretty: the photographs I want to show
I set out to make photographs I didn't want to show anyone. I ended up with photographs I am picking out to print. The first few days followed the manifesto. The rest broke it. That gave me something I didn't expect.https://www.sivertalmvik.no/blog/two-weeks-against-pretty-the-photographs-i-want-to-show/
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Pochi impegni, ma mirati. Dal #manifesto di oggi. Maicol e Mirco. #Buongiorno
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https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.
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https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.
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https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.
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https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.
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https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.
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Frente lança manifesto contra sequestro do orçamento público por emendas parlamentares
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Frente lança manifesto contra sequestro do orçamento público por emendas parlamentares
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Entidades e parlamentares brasileiros lançam manifesto em defesa de Cuba
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Entidades e parlamentares brasileiros lançam manifesto em defesa de Cuba
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Entidades e parlamentares brasileiros lançam manifesto em defesa de Cuba
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I've probably got a very simplistic view of the world, but I fundamentally believe that the fascist push for pushing "AI" into everyone's lives is bound to fail. I think that the mechanism itself is cursed and falls to a greater curse: the curse of dimensionality. Also, when they have finally perfected it enough to have like the Bezos-like (IIRC) dream of doing a Minority Report on every single being on the planet who's not a billionaire or billionaire-complicit, you've got the same problem: we're all sub-3 Erdos on the Kevin Bacon scale of connection to antifa.
Anyway, small world, but I wouldn't like to paint it.
(I suppose this passes as a #Manifesto )
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I've probably got a very simplistic view of the world, but I fundamentally believe that the fascist push for pushing "AI" into everyone's lives is bound to fail. I think that the mechanism itself is cursed and falls to a greater curse: the curse of dimensionality. Also, when they have finally perfected it enough to have like the Bezos-like (IIRC) dream of doing a Minority Report on every single being on the planet who's not a billionaire or billionaire-complicit, you've got the same problem: we're all sub-3 Erdos on the Kevin Bacon scale of connection to antifa.
Anyway, small world, but I wouldn't like to paint it.
(I suppose this passes as a #Manifesto )
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I've probably got a very simplistic view of the world, but I fundamentally believe that the fascist push for pushing "AI" into everyone's lives is bound to fail. I think that the mechanism itself is cursed and falls to a greater curse: the curse of dimensionality. Also, when they have finally perfected it enough to have like the Bezos-like (IIRC) dream of doing a Minority Report on every single being on the planet who's not a billionaire or billionaire-complicit, you've got the same problem: we're all sub-3 Erdos on the Kevin Bacon scale of connection to antifa.
Anyway, small world, but I wouldn't like to paint it.
(I suppose this passes as a #Manifesto )
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Ed Zitron and guests discuss the finer and the grosser points of the high school level manifesto of Alex Karp.
And how Herr K built "Hitler Salesforce".
"Better Offline", "Palantir's Manifesto with June and Caleb from KTC"
Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-sypc5-2d40c8f9
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Ed Zitron and guests discuss the finer and the grosser points of the high school level manifesto of Alex Karp.
And how Herr K built "Hitler Salesforce".
"Better Offline", "Palantir's Manifesto with June and Caleb from KTC"
Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-sypc5-2d40c8f9
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Ed Zitron and guests discuss the finer and the grosser points of the high school level manifesto of Alex Karp.
And how Herr K built "Hitler Salesforce".
"Better Offline", "Palantir's Manifesto with June and Caleb from KTC"
Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-sypc5-2d40c8f9
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Ed Zitron and guests discuss the finer and the grosser points of the high school level manifesto of Alex Karp.
And how Herr K built "Hitler Salesforce".
"Better Offline", "Palantir's Manifesto with June and Caleb from KTC"
Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-sypc5-2d40c8f9
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Ed Zitron and guests discuss the finer and the grosser points of the high school level manifesto of Alex Karp.
And how Herr K built "Hitler Salesforce".
"Better Offline", "Palantir's Manifesto with June and Caleb from KTC"
Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-sypc5-2d40c8f9
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Flicked through some #manifesto things... dunno which w⚓ to #vote for.
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Flicked through some #manifesto things... dunno which w⚓ to #vote for.
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Flicked through some #manifesto things... dunno which w⚓ to #vote for.
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Flicked through some #manifesto things... dunno which w⚓ to #vote for.
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Flicked through some #manifesto things... dunno which w⚓ to #vote for.
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Entidades lançam manifesto em defesa da democracia, do equilíbrio entre poderes e do voto
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Entidades lançam manifesto em defesa da democracia, do equilíbrio entre poderes e do voto
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Lucros da empresa de software Palantir quadruplicam com guerra no Irã
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Lucros da empresa de software Palantir quadruplicam com guerra no Irã
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Un uso ético, crítico y responsable de la IA generativa no es posible con los actuales modelos comerciales, por eso es crucial la destrucción de sus conjuntos de datos si la aspiración a escala global es desarrollar una tecnología legal, segura y confiable.
Actualizamos nuestro Manifiesto ✊🔥
#AI #genAI #IA #IAgenerativa #art #artist #author #humanrights #activism #fight #manifesto
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Un uso ético, crítico y responsable de la IA generativa no es posible con los actuales modelos comerciales, por eso es crucial la destrucción de sus conjuntos de datos si la aspiración a escala global es desarrollar una tecnología legal, segura y confiable.
Actualizamos nuestro Manifiesto ✊🔥
#AI #genAI #IA #IAgenerativa #art #artist #author #humanrights #activism #fight #manifesto
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Un uso ético, crítico y responsable de la IA generativa no es posible con los actuales modelos comerciales, por eso es crucial la destrucción de sus conjuntos de datos si la aspiración a escala global es desarrollar una tecnología legal, segura y confiable.
Actualizamos nuestro Manifiesto ✊🔥
#AI #genAI #IA #IAgenerativa #art #artist #author #humanrights #activism #fight #manifesto
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Un uso ético, crítico y responsable de la IA generativa no es posible con los actuales modelos comerciales, por eso es crucial la destrucción de sus conjuntos de datos si la aspiración a escala global es desarrollar una tecnología legal, segura y confiable.
Actualizamos nuestro Manifiesto ✊🔥
#AI #genAI #IA #IAgenerativa #art #artist #author #humanrights #activism #fight #manifesto
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Un uso ético, crítico y responsable de la IA generativa no es posible con los actuales modelos comerciales, por eso es crucial la destrucción de sus conjuntos de datos si la aspiración a escala global es desarrollar una tecnología legal, segura y confiable.
Actualizamos nuestro Manifiesto ✊🔥
#AI #genAI #IA #IAgenerativa #art #artist #author #humanrights #activism #fight #manifesto
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Thinking "I think it's time to write a manifesto" is pretty normal these days, right?
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Thinking "I think it's time to write a manifesto" is pretty normal these days, right?
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Thinking "I think it's time to write a manifesto" is pretty normal these days, right?
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We do not stand for merely technical decentralisation!
🌅 The DWeb Principles guide us towards a just social ecosystem that fights unequal power distribution and labour exploitation.
How? We will be reflecting about this in the “Solidarity Tech” track at DWeb Camp 🏕️
❤️🔥 Happy May Day ❤️🔥
#MayDay #May1 #May1st #DWebCamp #DWeb #decentralization #tech #camp #manifesto #DWebPrinciples
