“K Is For Kate Who Was Struck With An Axe.” Edward Gorey, The Gashlycrumb Tinies

The 22 Best F-Bombs From Female Authors

Sometimes you just need a great fuck.

From Erica Jong’s “zipless fuck” to Cheryl Strayed’s plea that we all “tackle the motherfucking shit out of” life, women writers know the power of a well-placed f-bomb.

In celebration of well-placed written fucks, we’ve rounded up 22 of our favorite from female authors.

Stunning

Sequence Study Louie Van Patten 9 Paintings in Oil on Arches

Public Exhibition of a Picture, c.1888 by Joan Ferrer Miró (Spanish, 1850–1931)

Magia negra

Photographer: Maxim Vakhovskiy

La lectura… un mundo para imaginar (ilustración de Atena Shams)

Is the essay available in english?

“PANI” 06/2014 Come off it!  Illustration for psychological essay by Zyta Rudzka about mood swings and tendency for exaggeration amongst women.  © GOSIA HERBA 2014

The Imaginary World of Playful Pablo

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Lucia Sarto

Desolate at the Loss of her Lover, 1850 by Giuseppe Molteni (Italian, 1800–1867)