Analysis Of Virginie Despentes ( 1969 ) - 1489 Words

Virginie Despentes (1969), a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker who was born in Paris, whom was most famously known as the author for the King Kong Theory. A theory which merged together her autobiography and the feminist theory, it also acts as a backdrop to the famous novel Baise-Moi (2000) which was then made into a movie. The title can be translated in English as ‘Fuck me’. Baise Moi shocked French audiences with its graphic rape scenes, murder plots and real sex scenes which entail nudity. She is also known for two other movies; Pretty Things (2001) and Bye Bye Blondie (2012). The King Kong Theory was originally in French as King Kong Theorie and was then translated into English. Within the King Kong theory she argues that being vein is a shame and closely analyses the obsession that society has with the way people appear. A key quote from the article is when she describes herself as being ‘more King Kong than Kate Moss’ , she is delivering a highly charged account of the women’s lives in the world today. Virginie Despentes uses the article to blow up the common attitudes which arise about gender and sex and she shows us how the modern beauty myths are crying out for the need for someone to rebel against them. Her writing can be seen as a reflection of her own life and is an important feature as she left Paris to pursue her romantic affair in Barcelona with a women. Some may say that for her to change her sexuality and becoming a lesbian was a hypocritical