{"id":2071,"date":"2020-09-17T12:14:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2020-07-07T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T17:17:56","slug":"book-review-betty-bites-back-stories-to-scare-the-patriarchy-edited-by-mindy-mcginnis-demitria-lunetta-and-kate-karyus-quinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Betty Bites Back: Stories to Scare the Patriarchy edited by Mindy McGinnis, Demitria Lunetta, and Kate Karyus Quinn"},"content":{"rendered":"

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.*<\/p>\n

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Betty Bites Back: Stories to Scare the Patriarchy<\/em>\u00a0edited by Mindy McGinnis, Demitria Lunetta, and Kate Karyus Quinn<\/p>\n

Demitria Lunetta, 2019<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 9781733666749<\/p>\n

Available: Paperback, Kindle edition<\/p>\n

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Betty Bites Back<\/em>\u00a0contains sixteen short stories and poems about girls and women who are done being held down, stepped on, and demeaned by a world that favours misogyny and the patriarchy. Stories include dark fantasy, body horror, murder mystery, and more. I found each of the stories in this anthology to be unique and well written. A few of my favourites are the following.<\/p>\n

In \u201cVagina Dentata\u201d by Mindy McGinnis, a woman talks with a plastic surgeon\u2019s physician\u2019s assistant about a unique opportunity.In\u00a0 E.R. Griffin\u2019s \u201cWhat She Left Behind\u201d a teenage girl discovers that the house she and her mother moved into is haunted by a girl whose trauma bridges the gap between them and pushes an act of violent revenge. In Jenna Lehne\u2019s \u201c@Theguardians1792\u201d, a teenage girl is tired of being harassed by boys about her changing body and standing up for herself, leading to her getting punished for their actions. She discovers a group calling themselves @Theguardians1792 on social media, and boys in the area are found beaten, bloodied, or worse. In \u201cThe Whispers\u201d by Lindsey Klingele, set during the time of the suffragettes fighting for the woman\u2019s right to vote, a small community faces a boisterous, loud, and assertive group of young women, quite the scandal of the time. After they are silenced by a mysterious and ill-meaning doctor, murders of prominent community members occur, and women in white are seen around the edges of town.<\/p>\n

There is a short author biography at the end of each of the stories, as well as a brief statement by the authors about their inspiration and influence for writing their particular tale. Though short, they provide a great insight into the authors\u2019 processes, and other works that they have written for further reading. I highly recommend\u00a0Betty Bites Back<\/em>\u00a0readers of feminist horror, especially indie horror.<\/p>\n

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Contains: blood, gore, misogyny, murder, racism, rape, sexual assault, sexual content, suicide<\/p>\n

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Highly recommended<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Betty Bites Back: Stories to Scare the Patriarchy\u00a0edited by Mindy McGinnis, Demitria Lunetta, and Kate Karyus Quinn Demitria Lunetta, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781733666749 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition   Betty Bites Back\u00a0contains sixteen short stories and poems about girls and women who are done being held down, stepped on, and demeaned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-horror"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eu9f-xp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2072,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}