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Virginie Despentes

Brief EncountersInternational Literature

31 Days of Stories 2025, Day 8: “Hairs on Me” by Virginie Despentes; Will McMorran, trans.

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

"Hairs on Me" is a complicated reckoning with female desire and the kind of bodily insecurity a media-saturated world imposes on women.

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International LiteratureNovelsThe Colophon

Punk feminist Virginie Despantes delivers a philosophical epistolary novel about #MeToo, Covid, and addiction

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024

Not pissing people off is something Despentes could rarely be accused of attempting.

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