Book review: Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body

Pascoe argues that women are merely animals with very large 40,000 year old brains. The fat on our bottoms has evolved for pleasing males so why, she asks, do we hate it so?

Sat, 15 Apr, 2017 - 01:00

Review: Josephine Fenton

Sara Pascoe

Faber & Faber €12.60 Paperback

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