Recs if you like The Edible Woman...
hungry women
these books use (literal) hunger as a political tool to speak to women’s oppression, repression and desire, whether through overt cannibal metaphor, speculative dispatches, or more subtle nuances of appetite in literary fiction. these women are hungry for something more, whether they’re allowed to act on it or not.
recommendations welcome!
Weird Women of the Late 20th Century (1945-2001)
Lives of outsiders rendered in sharp prose style. Descendants of Shelley, the Brontes, and Woolf; forebears to 'Weird Girl Lit'. Title refers to the authors, the subjects of the work may not always be women. Focused on novels published between WW2 and 9/11, with a few memoirs and short story collections.
She's Ravenous
Books that explore women's hunger (as a theme/with appetite as a key aspect of the book), whether it's ambition, power, sexual/emotional hunger, longing for a voice/community, or literal physical hunger. #girldinner
cannibals have mothers, too
books where there's motherhood and cannibalism
yesss mama as you should
it's giving cunt
cannibal women ୧ ‧₊˚ 🥩🩸🦴 ⋅
inspired by both shanspeare’s video essay on the topic and also by my sheer adoration of this niche genre of books! vampires and other monsters are also included in this category.
women living their lives without children
kids are great. however as a person who doesn’t want kids, I have fatigue around how many novels position motherhood as the epicenter of women’s lives. i’m gathering books here about women in their late twenties and older that don’t focus on motherhood or children. I haven’t read all these fyi!! plz share recs; i’m mostly looking for lit fic.
“Weird Girl” Books to Read to Feel Well Adjusted
It’s always nice to feel like a normal person by reading about those more unhinged than you 😌 These are all women focused books. Some I’ve read and some I’m going to read. Apologies in advance if it gets long. Recommendations are absolutely welcome!! So please feel free.
I know a couple are written by men which might be taboo for some but I’ve included because I thought they were appropriate or the author has a track record of writing women well.
Cannibals: You Are What You Eat
Weird Girl Lit Classics
Books from before 2000 that fit the more modern genre/descriptor of "weird girl literature"
💜 yarnandbooks
canadian weird girls
weird girl adjacent books set in canada or by canadian authors
We're Always Hungry
Books about women with voracious appetites. Let me know what you would add to this list!
canadian authors
Atwood all together
Margaret Atwood's fiction, and poetry
Atwood All the Time
All of Margaret Atwood’s novels!
Feminist fiction
Women
books about women!
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