“Do I have to smash a glass over the head of every single man I come into contact with, just so I leave a fucking mark?” DesireViolenceRecognitionPsychoanalysisFemale RageAbjectionAntiheroineBoy PartsEliza Clark Author:Eliza Clark
“You want to think you're not like other women, but you are, you know. You're still... that's still how the rest of the world, how men are going to see you. Like, I know you hate labels, but you like... You live in a woman's body. You're vulnerable. No matter what you think, you're vulnerable...” WomenPerceptionVulnerableWomanVulnerabilityPerception Of RealityPerception Of OthersPerception Of Self Book:Boy Parts Source: Boy Parts
“I looked in the mirror a lot during this time. The body I once recognised as my own had melted away. Who was this creature beneath the fat? At the time, I failed to recognise her as my best self. I thought she was nothing like a real girl. I thought she looked like something a pervert imagined; something a twelve-year-old boy doodled in the back of a notebook.” DissociationDepersonalizationDidEdFemcel Author:Eliza Clark
“The transition from being hurt to hurting was natural. Even though I didn’t really know why he’d started crying – it felt like something I did. It felt like being a great big black widow and realizing that all the male spiders were tiny and weak and covered in soft vulnerable bits, whereas I had this hard, shiny thorax and great big teeth.” DominationBdsmSadismPower DynamicsFemale RageDominatrixAntiheroineBoy PartsEliza ClarkFemcel Author:Eliza Clark
“She said my other photographs had a pervy feel, and she was almost impressed that such a young woman would come out with something this nasty. She said, based on both the work and my writing around it, I had a contemptuous attitude towards my models. I clearly saw them as interchangeable, disposable objects. She asked me if I hated men, or if I liked men and hated that I liked them so much.” PhotographyDominationMisandryFemale RageSusan SontagAntiheroineBoy PartsEliza ClarkFemcel Author:Eliza Clark
“Do you like it rough? I think so. I think I must. Men are rough, aren't they? Have I always had a taste for rough stuff, or did I acquire that? In the back of Lesley's car, on the floor of a friend's house, half-conscious with my underwear around my ankles? Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was?” PowerAbuseAbused WomenPower DynamicsAbuse SurvivorRough Sex Book:Boy Parts Source: Boy Parts
“And Eddie from Tesco is a fly, but he's got a taste for vinegar. It's like vinegar is all he's ever had from people, and now he doesn't even know what honey tastes like.” Boy Parts Author:Eliza Clark
“Do I have to smash a glass over the head of every single man I come into contact with, just so I leave a fucking mark? 'Jesus.” Boy Parts Author:Eliza Clark
“Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details of true crimes bring her to your attention? Did you see the article about her, buried in the chum box of an already disreputable website? Did you see the red-headed stock image model juxtaposed against an edited charred corpse, captioned, "You won't believe what they did to her?" Did you listen to a podcast? Did the hosts make jokes? Do you have a dark sense of humour? Did that make it okay? Or were they sensitive about it? Did they coo in the right places? Did they give you a content warning? Did you skip ahead? Did you see pictures? Did you look for them?” MurderThrillerTrue CrimeMetanarrative Book:Penance Source: Penance
“I am playing Dramatical Murder (an erotic visual novel) at my desk and don’t pay attention to the TV.” GamerGamingYaoiFujoshiDramatical MurderVisual Novel Author:Eliza Clark
“Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was?” HurtPowerAbusePower Dynamics Book:Boy Parts Source: Boy Parts