Post-apocalyptic feminism
Jul 01, 2020
3 minutes
BY KIMI EISELE
IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY and literature, it is usually girls who dress as boys — or women as men — to survive in a man’s world. Joan of Arc, Sarah Edmonds and Malinda Blalock did so to fight in the wars of their time. Many women writers have used traditionally male pen names to free their work from gendered misconceptions and reach wider audiences.
But in Lauren Beukes’ new novel, , set in 2023, in the wake of
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