- Culture, Feminism, Social structure, New York Times reviewed
Smart, clear-eyed and irreverent, 'Unspeakable Things' is a fresh look at gender and power in the 21st century which asks difficult questions about dissent and desire, money and masculinity, sexual violence, menial work, mental health, queer politics and the Internet.
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Contemporary, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Laurie Penny
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781620406892
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British journalist and writer. Penny has written articles for publications including The Guardian, The Spectator, The New York Times, and Salon. Penny is a contributing editor at the New Statesman and the author of several books on feminism, and they have also written for American television shows including The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Nevers.
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