King Kong Theory: Virginie Despentes

By the director and writer of Baise-Moi, a rape-revenge film, Despentes has become notorious, reviled and admired, the poster girl for modern female rebellion. With humor, rage, and confessional detail, she - 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 and how her ideas were shaped by rape, prostitution and working in the porn industry. She explodes the myth of feminine perfection and opens the door for those who can't or won't obey the rules. This is the first English translation by Serpent's Tail in 2009; later editions may be edited from the original text.