Recs if you like Oddbody...
the monstrous-feminine
in the first edition of ‘the monstrous-feminine’, barbara creed challenges the dominant representation of women in horror films as victims, arguing that patriarchal ideology constructs women as monstrous because of their sexuality (or lack thereof).
later, creed reinterprets the monstrous-feminine as a being who embraces her body and reclaims her otherness. in line with this contemporary vision, these are books which use horror to redefine notions of ‘womanhood’.
recommendations welcome!
Cover Porn: The Lit Fic Edition
Lit fic books to read for the aesthetic
Kids Can Be Cruel
Name-calling and insults you might hear on the playground and beyond...
Anything can be an insult if you believe it! My kid brother used to get in trouble for calling us "you...you BEAN" with all the spite his little preschool self could manage 🥹
body-horror book recs
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.
This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.
Wide open for recommendations!
Female Rage: The Library
Social commentary under patriarchy
Surreal Short Story Collections
Let's get weird!! 💫
the horror of being a woman
will anybody love me when i'm older?
Irish Books
A collection of books by Irish authors that I've loved or am looking forward to!
Dietary preference horror
Eat your fears
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
b is for body horror 🩻
dismemberment, parasitic infection, medical transmutation... body horror truly has it all. when the horror lives inside you, when there's no external danger, what do you do? you can't run from the transformation you've undergone. body horror centers the unbecoming of who you are at your core and the subsequent changes on the outside.
short novella horror 🩸
Short horror novels you can finish in less than a day.
Unhinged Retellings
Retellings of classics, myths, or books with a cult following with a horror or dystopian slant.
Stories to Haunt Your Brain
All these short story collections have at least one story in them that I'm never. ever. going to forget. Maybe they'll settle deep into your grey matter too?
Wet and ominous
Unsettling vibes in damp places
Cover Porn: The Studs Edition
Books with insides as sexy as their outsides! Or like literary merit and all that.
Hot Girl Books
Books that make you hotter and fill you with righteous feminine power
short story collections
i am obsessed with short story collections so pls give any suggestions 🖤
wishlist!
books that really piqued my interest/align with my interests
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