i can't estimate the rhetorical power of this book since i already largely agreed with the author. but this book is from 2005 and since then, i think another round of women's empowerment plus reactionary "sex-positive" culture has happened. so everything about it is still relevant. if anything, i wish she'd update it just because i want to hear her say it.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
female chauvinist pigs by ariel levy
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the yahoo boys by carlos barragan
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