Unspeakable things : sex, lies and revolution / Laurie Penny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penny, Laurie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Feminism.

Social structure.

Physical Description:

xii, 267 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U.S. Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Summary:

Smart, clear-eyed, and irreverent, Unspeakable Things is a fresh look at gender and power in the twenty-first century, which asks difficult questions about dissent and desire, money and masculinity, sexual violence, menial work, mental health, queer politics, and the Internet. Celebrated journalist and activist Laurie Penny draws on a broad history of feminist thought and her own experience in radical subcultures in America and Britain to take on cultural phenomena from the Occupy movement to online dating, give her unique spin on economic justice and freedom of speech, and provide candid personal insight to rally the defensive against eating disorders, sexual assault, and internet trolls. Unspeakable Things is a book that is eye-opening not only in the critique it provides, but also in the revolutionary alternatives it imagines.

Contents:

Introduction

Fucked-up girls

Lost boys

Anticlimax

Cybersexism

Love and lies

Afterword.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain in 2014."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-259) and index.

ISBN:

1620406896

9781620406892

OCLC:

870097979