Disclaimer: this episode includes discussion of self-harm and physical violence.
In this episode, Kim sits down with Lan Q. Vo - crime enthusiastic, MA candidate in Women’s Studies, and lover of cheesecake, to talk about Gillian Flynn’s debut book, Sharp Objects (2006), and violent women. As violence is often associated with men, the two discuss how Flynn creates a space for readers to explore women’s rage, violence, and subversion of the patriarchy.
Can women be violent? If so, what kind of violence do they perform? And how do Flynn’s characters subvert the many sexist tropes of the violent women? Using feminist theories, Kim and Lan take a look at how we, as a society, understand womanhood, femininity, motherhood, emotions, and of course, murderous urges.
