Femicide

Trigger warning: This article mentions murder, cannibalism, and violent imagery. Imagine a world where murder is state-sanctioned. Is it still murder?

A society is the culmination of individual actions, and Bazterrica warns that a less literal form of cannibalism has become an epidemic. Tender Is the Flesh is the story of a man who feels bad about the status quo, but actively participates and even facilitates it. [femicide](https://www.femicideincanada.ca/about)—the killing of women simply for their female gender identity—in Argentina. Throughout the novel, Bazterrica is conservative in her word use—a clever and surprising choice for an otherwise gory novel. In a nutshell, Bazterrica’s writing has the potential to make even the most avid meat-eater gag at their lunch. Set in a dystopian society in which a virus named “GGB” infects all meat, the characters are eliminated of edible food.