Something Out of Place

The blistering non-fiction debut from the author of the critically acclaimed A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
Here, Eimear McBride unpicks the contradictory forces of disgust and objectification that ...

The blistering non-fiction debut from the author of the critically acclaimed A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
Here, Eimear McBride unpicks the contradictory forces of disgust and objectification that control and shame women. From playground taunts of 'only sluts do it' but 'virgins are frigid', to ladette culture, and the arrival of 'ironic' porn, via Debbie Harry, the Kardashians and the Catholic church - she looks at how this prejudicial messaging has played out in the past, and still surrounds us today.
In this subversive essay, McBride asks - are wome