Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution | 
pickLaurie Penny rips the gloves off and shows how patriarchy is all about controlling women. Here she focuses on the modern era, bringing all the complexities of the digital age into the discussion. She gets a little off topic in the final chapter, but overall, this is terrific.
Well let's see how many funny looks I get on the train for this book!
One sure test of social privilege is how much anger you get to express without the threat of expulsion, arrest, or social exclusion,
Welp. This book is no fucking joke.
This book is such a relentless outpouring of anger, but she writes so well of all the things we have to be angry about.
Laurie Penny calls for mutiny. I am so with her.
"... feminism isn't an identity. Feminism is a process. Call yourself what you like. The important thing is what you fight for. Begin it now."
And another one I've been meaning to get to.
pickYAS LAURIE PENNY! Unspeakable Things is such a thought-provoking masterpiece. This book made me want to be back in school so I would have a justifiable reason to write essays about it. Five stars all the way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Here are the worst things you can call a woman: ugly. Slutty. Fat. Bitter. Bitch. Cunt. The worst thing anyone can say to a woman, in short, is that she doesn't please you. We must get used to giving the answer: is that all you've got?"
"You can spend your whole life being a story that happens to somebody else."
"I refuse to burn my energy adding extra magic and sparkle to other people's lives to get them to love me. I'm busy casting spells for myself."
"It's so much easier, if you have the option, to be a girl, not a person."
Stoya popping up in a Unspeakable Things gives me life🙏
Laurie Penny was a big inspiration for my thesis and so it kills me that I'm just now starting this. Very exciting.
