Book Review: Unspeakable Things - Sex, Lies and Revolution
If you think journalist Laurie Penny’s fifth book falls into the recently invented, Caitlin Moran-led category of smiling, soothing feminist non-fiction, the kind that tries to make you nod and laugh while you flex against the patriarchal death grip of modern society, then you’re wrong. And she wants you to know.
Unapologetically angry from the outset, the 27-year-old uses a similar blend as those other upbeat authors — thorough research and personal anecdote — to give her take on what it’s like to be a millennial and a girl, taking aim at online bullying, rape culture and the common belief that all sex workers need saving.
