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ECW Press
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Quill & Quire
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'', March 2018.
An exploration of contemporary gender politics and
rape culture
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, the novel centres on Karen Huls, a sophomore at university who moves in with a group of feminist activist roommates while simultaneously getting romantically involved with a member of "Gang Bang Central", a campus
fraternity
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being targeted by her roommates due to its toxic and sexist culture.
The novel won the
CBC Books
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