Anna Bogutskaya

An incisive exploration into the evolution of unlikeable female characters — what makes them unlikeable, how audiences have reacted to them, and whether pop culture — and society — is finally ready to embrace complicated women. "A fresh feminist appraisal of the pop culture canon." - Publishers Weekly How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture...

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture more than ever before, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos, and even TikTok trends. Yet, even with the commercial and critical success of The Babadook, Hereditary, Get Out, The Haunting of Hill House, Yellowjackets, and...