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Julia Kristeva

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Philosopher

The Resume

    (June 24, 1941- )
    Born in Sliven, Bulgaria
    Author of 'Revolution in Poetic Language,' 'About Chinese Women,' 'Black Sun,' 'Powers of Horror,' 'Strangers to Ourselves,' 'Hatred and Forgiveness,' 'Murder in Byzantium,' and 'The Old Man and the Wolves'

Why she might be annoying:

    She smokes.
    Although she's identified with French intellectuals, she was born in Bulgaria.
    Her work is densely written and incomprehensible.
    Her book 'About Chinese Women' was criticized for being ethnocentric.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was one of the few female intellectuals in France's Left Bank of the 1960s.
    She is considered an important feminist theorist.
    She studied linguistics and psychoanalysis.
    She criticized political correctness.
    She writes detective novels.

Credit: Truffle


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 96 Votes: 57.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying