{"id":35149,"date":"2020-01-21T16:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T16:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=35149"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:11:38","slug":"virginie-despentes-sex-femininity-and-cynicism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=35149","title":{"rendered":"Virginie Despentes: Sex, Femininity and Cynicism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Listener advisory:<\/strong><em> This programme contains discussions on sexual violence and very strong language. Listener discretion is advised. If you are affected by anything you hear on this programme you can call the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in confidence on 1800 77 8888, email <\/em><a href=\"mailto:counselling@rcc.ie\"><em>counselling@rcc.ie<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0or visit drcc.ie<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35153\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DgA6XSbQ7fw6vehLQy4zuaDB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35153 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DgA6XSbQ7fw6vehLQy4zuaDB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DgA6XSbQ7fw6vehLQy4zuaDB.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DgA6XSbQ7fw6vehLQy4zuaDB-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DgA6XSbQ7fw6vehLQy4zuaDB-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginie Despentes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_53\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('53','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=35149-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TrinityTalks4.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Programme 4 in our Women\u2019s Stories series. Readings and lecture on Virginie Despentes\u2019 books by Louise Kari M\u00e9reau (School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies) accompanied by actors Sarah O\u2019Rourke and Lloyd Cooney. Recorded as part of the <em>Women\u2019s Stories\u00a0<\/em>series, a collaboration between Near FM and the Trinity Long Room Hub.<\/p>\n<p>Virginie Despentes\u2019s life deeply influenced her writing career, and studying her novels allows the reader to ask and study controversial and delicate issues of society that need to be more closely addressed by women; such as prostitution, homosexuality, assault, and addiction. Comparing extracts from her works\u00a0<em>Baise Moi<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Vernon Subutex<\/em>, the talk will discuss the theme of violence, and its link with sex and femininity that informs the writer\u2019s cynicism.<\/p>\n<p>Made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listener advisory: This programme contains discussions on sexual violence and very strong language. Listener discretion is advised. If you are affected by anything you hear on this programme you can call the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in confidence on 1800 77 8888, email counselling@rcc.ie\u00a0or visit drcc.ie Programme 4 in our Women\u2019s Stories series. Readings and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_54\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('54','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=35149-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/TrinityTalks4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TrinityTalks4.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20601],"tags":[17019,17018,17020,16513,26701,17017,12821],"class_list":["post-35149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trinity-talks","tag-lloyd-cooney","tag-louise-kari-mereau","tag-sarah-orourke","tag-trinity-long-room-hub","tag-trinity-talks","tag-virginie-despentes","tag-womens-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55542,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35149\/revisions\/55542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}