A Difficult Woman: The Fierceness and Feminism of Andrea Dworkin

Johanna Fateman and Amy Scholder, the editors of "Last Days at Hot Slit: the Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin," talk about Dworkin's literary and political legacy.

By LARB Radio HourMarch 1, 2019

Johanna Fateman and Amy Scholder, the editors of Last Days at Hot Slit: the Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin, join co-hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman. Fateman and Scholder talk about the literary and political legacy of Dworkin, a controversial figure in feminist history whose critiques of patriarchy and pornography made her an icon and a pariah in the 1970s and '80s. By looking back at Dworkin beyond the frame of the so-called Sex Wars, they challenge us to see the incisiveness of her political vision balanced against an abrasive style at once thrilling and off-putting.

Also, Sam Lipsyte, the author of Hark, returns to recommend Lucy Ives's creatively titled upcoming novel Loudermilk; Or, The Real Poet; Or, The Origin of the World.