“Some people take a scalpel to the heart of media culture Sady Doyle brings a bone saw, a melon baller, and a machete. These monsters embody patriarchal fear of women, and illustrate the violence with which men enforce traditionally feminine roles. In a dark and dangerous world, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers asks women to look to monsters for the ferocity we all need to survive. They also speak to the primal threat of a woman who takes back her power. These monsters embody patriarchal fear of women, and illustrate the violence with which men enforce traditionally feminine roles. She illuminates the women who have shaped our nightmares: Serial killer Ed Gein’s “domineering” mother Augusta exorcism casualty Anneliese Michel, who starved herself to death to quell her demons author Mary Shelley, who dreamed her dead child back to life. Sady Doyle, hailed as “smart, funny and fearless” by the Boston Globe, takes readers on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to Dracula’s Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in Jurassic Park to the teen witches of The Craft. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction. Some people take a scalpel to the heart of media culture Sady Doyle brings a bone saw, a melon baller, and a machete. In a dark and dangerous world, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers asks women to look to monsters for the ferocity we all need to survive.This “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage and power (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her) In a dark and dangerous world, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers asks women to look to monsters for the ferocity we all need to survive. She illuminates the women who have shaped our nightmares: Serial killer Ed Gein's "domineering" mother Augusta exorcism casualty Anneliese Michel, starving herself to death to quell her demons author Mary Shelley, dreaming her dead child back to life. Sady Doyle, hailed as "smart, funny, and fearless" by the Boston Globe, takes listeners on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to Dracula's Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in Jurassic Park to the teen witches of The Craft.
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