TeaThere is a growing literature of maternal flight: novels about women who abandon not only their husbands but also their children. In the real world, men are more often fugitives; The father’s relation to family life is considered incidental, while motherhood is revered as an internal state. This means that women who “un-mother” themselves are
Tanaaz Bhathena recommends books by Pat Barker, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and others Mythologies around the world are filled with stories that center on heroes. yes GilgameshThe iliadThe Mahabharata Or shahnamaWhile great epics highlight the exploits and adventures of men, the women in their lives are often marginalized, their roles reduced to dutiful wives, villains, or
Horror is having a moment, and femdom is a big part of it. But what is femme, and why is everyone else? Guardian To Cosmopolitan Talking about it? Let’s dive into this weird and wonderful horror subgenre, shall we? Famegore is a subset of what Reddit would call “Weird Girl Literature.” But where Weird Girl