Unlikeable Female Characters

The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

Anna Bogutskaya

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Sourcebooks, Inc
27 June 2023

Media studies; Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies, gender groups; Gender studies: women

"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 and liberated women from having to be nice.

Female characters throughout history have been burdened by the moral trap that is likeability. Any woman who dares to reveal her messy side has been treated as a cautionary tale. Today, unlikeable female characters are everywhere in film, TV, and wider pop culture. For the first time ever, they are being accepted by audiences and even showered with industry awards. We are finally accepting that women are-gasp-fully fledged human beings. How did we get to this point?

Unlikeable Female Characters traces the evolution of highly memorable female characters, examining what exactly makes them popular, how audiences have reacted to them, and the ways in which pop culture is finally allowing us to celebrate the complexities of being a woman. Anna Bogutskaya, film programmer, broadcaster, and co-founder of the horror film collective and podcast The Final Girls, takes us on a journey through popular film, TV, and music, looking at the nuances of womanhood on and off-screen to reveal whether pop culture-and society-is finally ready to embrace complicated women."

By: Anna Bogutskaya
Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 325g
ISBN: 9781728274744
ISBN 10: 1728274745
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 27 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna Bogutskaya is a London-based freelance film programmer, broadcaster, writer and creative producer, connected in both the worlds of US and UK film. She is also the co-founder of the horror film collective and podcast The Final Girls and Festival Director of Underwire Festival. Previously, Anna was the Film and Events Programmer at the British Film Institute. In 2019, she was selected as one of Screen International's Future Leaders in Curation and Programming and was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 2020 was selected as a mentor at SXSW.

Reviews for Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

Fascinating, insightful, and kick-ass. * Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals * Deeply researched, with fascinating behind-the-scenes details and insightful analysis. It is also wildly entertaining * RogerEbert.com * Bogutskaya delivers a sweeping and deft polemic on how the flawed women of popular culture enrich our screens and warm our hearts. * The Quietus * Part-cultural expose, part-Taylor Swift album * Clarisse Loughrey, film critic * Reclaiming the word 'unlikeable' has never felt so good * Rhianna Dhillon, film critic and broadcaster * A fresh feminist appraisal of the pop culture canon * Publishers Weekly *