Ive grown quite weary of the spunky heroines, brave rape victims, soul-searching fashionistas that stock so many books. I particularly mourn the lack of female villains good, potent female villains. Not ill-tempered women who scheme about landing good men and better shoes (as if we had nothing more interesting to war over), not chilly WASP mothers (emotionally distant isnt necessarily evil), not soapy vixens (merely bitchy doesnt qualify either). Im talking violent, wicked women. Scary women. Dont tell me you dont know some. The point is, women have spent so many years girl-powering ourselves to the point of almost parodic encouragement weve left no room to acknowledge our dark side. Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids.
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Gillian Flynn was a contemporary American writer. Gillian Schieber Flynn is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her thriller and mystery novels Sharp Objects (2006), Dark Places (2009), and Gone Girl (2012). Her works have been translated into 40 languages, and by 2016, Gone Girl had sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia →