Le féminisme de Virginie Despentes a l'étude dans le roman Baise-moi

Drawing on the ideas developed by Judith Butler in her book Bodies That Matter, this article interprets Virginie Despentes' first novel Baise-moi as a literary reflection on the violent implications of the constitution and preservation of a coherent female subjectivity. The first part of the article examines the highly complex relationship that develops between Despentes' heroines over the course of the novel, showing that the two female protagonists cannot be reduced to a single subjectivity. Building on this analysis, the second part then highlights two principles of Despentes' feminism: her refusal of analogical thinking and her affirmation of contradictory identities.