Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

21 reviews

hunterlovesneilperry's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual violence

holy fuck it was so good!!!!!!!!!

nailatrema's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

j’aime bien le cru, j’aime bien la haine des hommes, à lire

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

raqs93's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

2.0

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Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

arthages's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

diyashasen's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

3.5

Major content warning: King Kong Theory has incredibly graphic descriptions/discourse surrounding SGBV. Typically, this would be quite triggering for me as a reader, but I was able to stick with the book as Despentes's life experience was only additive to the theory she espoused. Her writings on SGBV and sex work were particularly compelling and I really appreciated that she established herself as an 'outsider within' white middle-class femininity. In doing so, it was clear that the feminine norms she frequently referred to were unique to... white middle-class women.

I do have some issues with some of her theorization—the most glaring is her cisnormative approach, but this was published in 2006 so feminist theory wasn't quite as comprehensive. Also, while I found her arguments surrounding porn interesting, I did think she failed to account for a Lacanian perspective and for gaze theory more broadly. As a (prospective) media studies scholar, I had to disagree with her dismissal of porn as a channel of begetting violence.

I only wish I'd read this book in undergrad, because it would've been perfect for so many of my papers in gender studies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ahnminjim's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

alishalvorac's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Terriblement incroyable. La façon d'écrire de Virginie Despentes et sa candeur tout au long du livre me rendent admirative. Je me réjouis de lire l'intégralité de sa bibliographie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

pouringthemilk's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

alycea's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

alo2000's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence