Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate | 
panI didn't DNF this, but I did start skimming. It was just so obvious. And I know it ultimately wasn't going to go *much* into the perfectly likeable female characters who get vilified by pop culture and fandom, but it didn't even touch on it. Disappointing in the end, and definitely makes me wonder if her book on horror was just as obvious to someone who actually likes horror films.
Still somehow avoiding a #BookSpinBingo by following my whim. 😂
I really like Bogutskaya's more recent book on horror, but I'm kinda reevaluating in that in light of how *obvious* this is. I grew up in fandom with Relena Peacecraft and Rinoa Heartily being vilified for being “unlikeable“, and turned into caricatures that made absolutely no sense -- angry “bitches“, “sluts“, etc. Nothing here is particularly insightful.
Contemplating DNFing, or at least skimming. Disappointing.
pickI thought this was an interesting audiobook. It looks at tv and film and how things have changed over time.
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pickSpoilers abound in this book that examines a variety of tropes in pop culture/film & television. While I didn‘t find anything earth-shattering in the author‘s observations or conclusions, it did piss me off. Admittedly, I live in a rage-filled emotional state these days, but I‘m an American woman and all you have to do is look at our elected officials to understand the anger. The essence of the book is this: Fuck. The. Patriarchy.
pickIlluminating.
so-soI never felt like the author had anything really all that insightful to say about the female character archetypes she sought to examine in this book. There were some sections more interesting to me than others, but I did find myself skimming a lot in some parts. The author‘s inclination to dissect historical/period characters from an intersectional/2024 modern feminist lens was flimsy at best and disingenuous at worst.
pickHonestly this probably would have been 5* if I‘d read the book instead of listening to the audiobook. Ironically I found the narrator (who is not the author) unlikeable.
pickBreakdowns of nine "negative" tropes characteristically pushed onto female characters in pop culture. Examples from mostly films and TV shows for each one are given. Sometimes the plots of these are broken down kind of exhaustively. (Prepare for every movie and TV show in which an "unlikeable" woman appears to be completely spoiled. LOL) But it was very conversational and interesting.
pickBreakdowns of nine "negative" tropes characteristically pushed onto female characters in pop culture. Examples from mostly films and TV shows for each one are given. Sometimes the plots of these are broken down kind of exhaustively. (Prepare for every movie and TV show in which an "unlikeable" woman appears to be completely spoiled. LOL) But it was very conversational and interesting.
so-soThis author and I do not read the same books or like the same movies. There‘s some interesting things here. But the author just called Kat from 10 Things I Hate About You a “pick me” twice and I‘m ready to riot.
The woman pop culture want you to hate.
This one sounds very interesting.
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