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The Female Thing : Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability
The Female Thing Dirt Sex Envy Vulnerability
Author: Laura Kipnis
In the female psyche nowadays, “contradictions speckle the landscape, like ingrown hairs after a bad bikini wax.” So writes Laura Kipnis, author of the widely acclaimed polemic Against Love. With “the gleeful viperish wit of Dorothy Parker” (Slate), Kipnis now offers a fresh and provocative assessment of the fema...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375424175
ISBN-10: 0375424172
Publication Date: 10/1/2006
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
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ElizabethG avatar reviewed The Female Thing : Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability on + 19 more book reviews
This book explores the apparent conflict between feminism, femininity and the ways women internalize sexism. A fast read and very thought provoking.


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