Episode 96: From Sex Cults to Rom Coms with Ashley Winstead

Update: 2022-09-14

Description

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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Episode 96: From Sex Cults to Rom Coms with Ashley Winstead

Unlikeable Female Characters

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Episode 96: From Sex Cults to Rom Coms with Ashley Winstead

Unlikeable Female Characters

Episode 96: From Sex Cults to Rom Coms with Ashley Winstead