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Born 13 June 1969
Also known as V. Despentes, Despentes
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A book written in 2010 mentioning the Internet is always a bit sad: the hopes were high. The Internet is not the main topic, but it's there, along with other social spaces visited by the two main characters (a bad private detective and an excellent one hired…
I am writing as an ugly one for the ugly ones: the old hags, the dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckables, the neurotics, the psychos, for all those girls who don’t get a look in the universal market of the consumable chick. I’m making no excuses for…
A hostage is freed, and on the radio she says, “I have finally been able to have a wax, and wear perfume. I am getting my femininity back.” Or in any case that was the part they chose to broadcast. She doesn’t want to go into town, see her friends, read the p…
After several years of genuine, sincere, and rigorous research, I have come to the conclusion that femininity is the same thing as bootlicking. The art of servility. You can call it seduction to make it sound glamorous. But it is very rarely a skilled sport.…
Controversial & provocative french works
