A gripping story that will have you thinking deeply.
In Ovoidia, intimacy is passe and sex is simply a physical act no more special than breathing or walking. However, these views on sex and relationships serve to protect the citizens of Ovoidia from the brutalities and crimes plaguing the rest of the world. Residents live a carefree life whether in the City, where women can be approached for sex by any man, or in Communities where women raise children without the burden of bawdy City men. Gypsy Capone is not far from womanly age, but unlike other unfeeling, vapid women, she knows that a woman’s body and sex itself can be more than simply a ‘trivial sacrifice’. But how can Gypsy preserve her ability to truly feel, when the government is working to make Ovoidia the sex-tourism capital of the world?
The Willing is an unusually deep commentary on a malignant dysfunction in our society, dressed in fishnet utopian stockings. While the premise and its sensual details push the boundaries of belief, a community that is ostensibly focused on the greater good but is governed by fear and hypocrisy fits perfectly in the dystopian genre. Gypsy’s character is flawed and immature in many ways, but her shield-like honesty is refreshing among a sea of conformists. A rather feminist piece filled with satire on the state of equality, The Willing is weighty and serious in its message, and sad in its reflection of how women are treated in our modern world. For a change from the norm, Lindsay Lees provides a gripping story that will have you thinking deeply about the importance of the relationships in your life.
