I am vainly wondering what is the most feminist thing to do: to discard make up because it's a tool of oppression or to use make up consistently every day because it's also an infallible tool of self-promotion truly it works wonders red lips in particular and it's pathetic Virginie Despentes set me into laughing with "When you are not expecting it, the effect produced by fetish items--suspenders, stilettos, push-up bras, or lipstick--seems like a huge joke. We pretend not to know this when we feel sorry for women as objects: boob-job remodelled bimbos or all those anorexic bionic bitches from TV. Fragility is actually on the men's side. It's as if no one told them that Santa Claus doesn't exist--as soon as they see a red coat, they scramble to the fireplace with their wish lists." (60-61) wonderfully misanthropic: wonderfully misogynistic and wonderfully misandristic red coat! so sharp