From Sex Cults to Rom Coms with Ashley Winstead Unlikeable Female Characters

Layne talks with Ashley Winstead about her absolutely badass new novel The Last Housewife, the problem of female pleasure under the patriarchy, and how she stays sane by toggling between thrillers and romantic comedies.
The Last Housewife is available now!
Also mentioned in the episode:

Ashley’s other books In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Fool Me Once



The Cut’s exposé on the Sarah Lawrence sex cult


Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood


Justine by the Marquis de Sade and the movie Quills



Find out more about Ashley on her website, Instagram, or Twitter.
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