Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender history horror challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year "Smart, funny, and fearless." --THE BOSTON GLOBEWomen have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction. Maybe they...

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informative 85%
reflective 69%
challenging 51%
dark 40%
inspiring 29%
emotional 18%
funny 17%
tense 8%
sad 7%
hopeful 3%
adventurous 2%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%

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slow 12%

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