Today, women have some pretty tough standards to fulfil. They are expected to always look pretty and be a perfect image of a barbie doll, and it’s completely unrealistic and unfair to women with body types who do not fit the “right” image. The book I read, The Core of The Sun by Johanna Sinisalo, took a look on how women are treated in such an abhorrent unfair society. Although women have won the right to do a lot in modern society, how they are treated, how they’re paid, and how they are supposed to take care of their bodies all show the hold society and the government have on women. The book is set in an alternative near future where it follows Vanna, whose dependency for illegal chili peppers leads her on an journey into a world where love
