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!
created by aliyahmk
last updated March, 2026
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I saw supper club on the emoji discover today and immediate thought of this list, would go perfectly!
aliyahmkOP
for some reason i was dead convinced i’d used that emoji as well, haha!
is that ... is that another list by Aliyah ..
good thing i was hungry. 😋
aliyahmkOP
your gifs kill me sharky hahaha
my fave niche of books for sure! i adore them sm i have my own list about them LMAO
yum 😋 i should read more of these books, it's sad that i only have a 4% overlap here
aliyahmkOP
so much to chew on!
u already know what i'm gonna say! (if this was a quest i'd have a bronze)
you made a fool of death with your beauty had some really cool links between feeling hungry and feeling horny and both as proof of life after grief
oop i just realised this list is specifically political metaphor nvm
