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This is a brave and brilliant book by one of the most insightful and articulate writers at work today. Katherine Angel is unafraid to look head on at the forgotten figure in feminism's critique of patriarchy: the father. All of us, daughters and sons, mothers and fathers, are enriched by confronting these libidinal energies, these daddy issues at the centre of all of our lives. -- Lauren Elkin, author of <i>Flâneuse</i> In this impressive and intelligent examination of the father figure, Angel expertly intersects the subject with feminism, mythology, Donald Winnicott, Brett Kavanaugh and more. Her unstinting eye and intellectual vigour make Daddy Issues an engaging interrogation. It feels utterly vital in the context of #MeToo and the political flux the world currently finds itself in. -- Sinéad Gleeson, author of <i>Constellations: Reflections from Life</i> Effortlessly moving from the novels of Virginia Woolf to the theories of psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, Angel demonstrates a sharp intellectual acuity in her elucidation of the cultural mythos surrounding ""daddies."" The result is a valuable contribution to the feminist understanding of fatherhood. * Publishers Weekly * In this cheekily titled feminist analysis, author Katherine Angel dissects the patriarchy with a sharp combination of individual psychology and cultural critique. An exciting follow-up to Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again. -- Alison Foreman * AV Club * Katherine Angel's astute observations on the impact of the #MeToo movement, the retrenchment of feminism by younger women, and our current state of gender relations is compelling. -- Roberta E. Winter * New York Journal of Books * An examination of our often prurient fascination with the dynamic, and that fascination's inherent misogyny. [Angel's] thought-provoking approach is to argue that our society has overlooked the place of daddies in 'daddy issues.' To prove the point, she dexterously analyzes a variety of literary works, historical figures like Virginia Woolf's father, Leslie Stephen, and contemporary tabloid examples, like Meghan Markle and Ivanka Trump. -- Annie Hamilton * New York Times Book Review *

Effortlessly moving from the novels of Virginia Woolf to the theories of psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, Angel demonstrates a sharp intellectual acuity in her elucidation of the cultural mythos surrounding 'daddies.' The result is a valuable contribution to the feminist understanding of fatherhood. -Publishers Weekly

This is a brave and brilliant book by one of the most insightful and articulate writers at work today. Katherine Angel is unafraid to look head on at the forgotten figure in feminism's critique of patriarchy: the father. All of us, daughters and sons, mothers and fathers, are enriched by confronting these libidinal energies, these daddy issues at the centre of all of our lives. -- Lauren Elkin, author of Flaneuse In this impressive and intelligent examination of the father figure, Angel expertly intersects the subject with feminism, mythology, Donald Winnicott, Brett Kavanaugh and more. Her unstinting eye and intellectual vigour make Daddy Issues an engaging interrogation. It feels utterly vital in the context of #MeToo and the political flux the world currently finds itself in. -- Sinead Gleeson, author of Constellations: Reflections from Life Effortlessly moving from the novels of Virginia Woolf to the theories of psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, Angel demonstrates a sharp intellectual acuity in her elucidation of the cultural mythos surrounding daddies. The result is a valuable contribution to the feminist understanding of fatherhood. * Publishers Weekly *

"This is a brave and brilliant book by one of the most insightful and articulate writers at work today. Katherine Angel is unafraid to look head on at the forgotten figure in feminism's critique of patriarchy: the father. All of us, daughters and sons, mothers and fathers, are enriched by confronting these libidinal energies, these daddy issues at the centre of all of our lives. -- Lauren Elkin, author of <i>Flâneuse</i> In this impressive and intelligent examination of the father figure, Angel expertly intersects the subject with feminism, mythology, Donald Winnicott, Brett Kavanaugh and more. Her unstinting eye and intellectual vigour make Daddy Issues an engaging interrogation. It feels utterly vital in the context of #MeToo and the political flux the world currently finds itself in. -- Sinéad Gleeson, author of <i>Constellations: Reflections from Life</i> Effortlessly moving from the novels of Virginia Woolf to the theories of psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, Angel demonstrates a sharp intellectual acuity in her elucidation of the cultural mythos surrounding ""daddies."" The result is a valuable contribution to the feminist understanding of fatherhood. * Publishers Weekly * In this cheekily titled feminist analysis, author Katherine Angel dissects the patriarchy with a sharp combination of individual psychology and cultural critique. An exciting follow-up to Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again. -- Alison Foreman * AV Club * Katherine Angel's astute observations on the impact of the #MeToo movement, the retrenchment of feminism by younger women, and our current state of gender relations is compelling. -- Roberta E. Winter * New York Journal of Books * An examination of our often prurient fascination with the dynamic, and that fascination's inherent misogyny. [Angel's] thought-provoking approach is to argue that our society has overlooked the place of daddies in 'daddy issues.' To prove the point, she dexterously analyzes a variety of literary works, historical figures like Virginia Woolf's father, Leslie Stephen, and contemporary tabloid examples, like Meghan Markle and Ivanka Trump. -- Annie Hamilton * New York Times Book Review *"

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Katherine Angel is the author of Daddy Issues: Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, and Unmastered: A Book on Desire, Most Difficult to Tell. She teaches creative and critical writing at the University of London, and her writing has appeared in Granta, The White Review, and Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications.

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