Unlikeable Female Characters

Kristen, Layne, and Wendy take on the mindf*ck minefield of women’s beauty standards, from fashion models to Disney witches to the Real Housewives of wherever. Check out the books discussed in this episode at the official Unlikeable Female Characters Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/lists/episode-51-the-vain-woman.

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Con women, clones, serial killers, snowboarders, time-traveling lesbians - 2021’s slate of new reads has something for everyone! Buy your future self a present by preordering Kristen, Layne, and Wendy’s picks via the official Unlikeable Female Characters Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/lists/episode-50-2021-reading-preview.

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Kristen, Layne, and Wendy ring in the new year with a celebration of pettiness, including their own pettiest deeds and petty confessions from listeners.

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2020 is almost over (thank f*ck), so it's time for the Unlikeable Female Characters Holiday Gift Guide! Whether you want to scandalize your prudish relatives, send a passive-aggressive message to a not-so-special guy in your life, or treat yourself to something fabulous, Kristen, Layne, and Wendy have you covered.

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Layne welcomes feminist noir author and friend of the show Halley Sutton back to celebrate the release of her debut novel THE LADY UPSTAIRS with a chat about sex scenes, murder buses, and destroying bad men for a living.

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Kristen, Layne, and Wendy fangirl about one of their all-time favorite unlikeable archetypes: the Femme Fatale. From Lady Macbeth to Megan Thee Stallion, these dangerous ladies break hearts, ruin lives, and shamelessly seize the narrative for their own nefarious purposes. We have no choice but to stan.

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Tori Eldridge, author of the Lily Wong series and actual badass ninja, sits down with Wendy to share her best self-defense tips, her thoughts on violence and vengeance in crime fiction, and her favorite knives. Pick up Tori’s latest book The Ninja’s Blade wherever books are sold!

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Happy Spooky Season, one and all! This week, Kristen, Layne, and Wendy take on the archetype of the vengeful bitch - just in time for the release of Layne's new revenge-fueled female serial killer thriller THEY NEVER LEARN. Vengeance may be wrong, but who cares when it's this much fun?

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Kristen interviews author Alison Stine about her chilling Appalachian "climate chaos" thriller ROAD OUT OF WINTER (out now from MIRA Books!), the stranger-than-fiction dystopian nightmare we're all living in, and why we need more boring bisexual characters.

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Happy Bisexual Awareness Week! Your favorite bi bitches Kristen, Layne, and Wendy are here to make you aware of all the different ways bisexuals can be "bad," from duplicity to depravity and beyond. (No wonder so many of us turn evil.)

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