{"product_id":"females-paperback","title":"Females - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Long Chu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking exploration of gender and desire from the Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist and critic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e​​With a New Afterword by the Author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABA IndieBound Bestseller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Everyone is female, and everyone hates it.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins Andrea Long Chu's genre-defying investigation into sex and lies, desperate artists and reckless politics, the smothering embrace of gender and the punishing force of desire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing inspiration from a forgotten play by Valerie Solanas--who wrote the \u003ci\u003eSCUM Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e and shot Andy Warhol--Chu aims her searing wit and surgical intuition at targets ranging from performance art to psychoanalysis, incels to porn, and even feminists like herself. Each step of the way she defends the indefensible claim that femaleness is less a biological state of women and more a fatal existential condition that afflicts the entire human race--men, women, and everyone else. In a new afterword, Chu reflects on the book's reception, the growing anti-trans movement in America, and the continuing need for a radical theory of desire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Long Chu\u003c\/b\u003e is an essayist and critic at \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2023, and \u003ci\u003eFemales\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Nonfiction. Her writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAuthority: Essays.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.9 x 4.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733899841599,"sku":"9781804298213","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/da09775cb7f2a1528fdc34a3370c9ef5.webp?v=1765137885","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/females-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}