Twenty years on, Despentes revisits the argument of King Kong Théorie
In an interview with El País, the French writer looks back at the reception of her 2006 essay and asks what makes heterosexual sexuality, in her words, so often "deadly, furious and sinister."
Virginie Despentes has marked twenty years since the publication of King Kong Théorie with an interview in El País, in which she discusses the advances and backlash feminism has produced since the book first appeared.
According to El País, Despentes uses the conversation to take stock of how much has changed, and how much has not, in the two decades since her essay — part memoir, part manifesto — became a reference point for a generation of readers thinking about rape, sex work, pornography and gender.
Qué pasa con la sexualidad hetero para que sea tan mortífera, rabiosa y siniestra.
Virginie Despentes, cité par El País
The El País interview does not detail further specifics of the exchange beyond this reflection on feminism's trajectory since King Kong Théorie. No new book, reissue or French publication date is mentioned in the source material.
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