female-villains

I__e grown quite weary of the spunky heroines, brave rape victims, soul-searching fashionistas that stock so many books. I particularly mourn the lack of female villains _ good, potent female villains. Not ill-tempered women who scheme about landing good men and better shoes (as if we had nothing more interesting to war over), not chilly WASP mothers (emotionally distant isn__ necessarily evil), not soapy vixens (merely bitchy doesn__ qualify either). I__ talking violent, wicked women. Scary women. Don__ tell me you don__ know some. The point is, women have spent so many years girl-powering ourselves _ to the point of almost parodic encouragement _ we__e left no room to acknowledge our dark side. Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids.