Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes - Anne Elizabeth Moore

Category: Adults, Misc. Non-fiction, Political
Language: English
Keywords: Essays Feminism Health Horror Memoir Nonfiction Politics Queer Social Justice Womens

Written by Anne Elizabeth Moore
Read by Anne Elizabeth Moore
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Whether for entertainment, under the guise of medicine, or to propel consumerism, heinous acts are perpetrated daily on women’s bodies. In Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes, award-winning journalist Anne Elizabeth Moore catalogs the global toll of capitalism on our physical autonomy. Weaving together unflinching research and surprising humor, these essays range from investigative—probing the Cambodian garment industry, the history of menstrual products, or the gender biases of patent law—to uncomfortably intimate. Informed by her own navigation of several autoimmune diagnoses, Moore examines what it takes to seek care and community in the increasingly complicated, problematic, and disinterested US healthcare system.

A Lambda Literary Award finalist and a Chicago Review of Books Nonfiction Award shortlist title, Body Horror is “sharp, shocking, and darkly funny. . . . Brainy and historically informed, this collection is less a rallying cry or a bitter diatribe than a series of irreverent and ruthlessly accurate jabs at a culture that is slowly devouring us” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Featuring an updated introduction and new essays, this new edition of Body Horror is a fascinating, insightful portrait of the gore that encapsulates contemporary American politics.

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
Release date: 04-18-23