Episode 69: Rachel Harrison

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Episode 69: Rachel Harrison

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Oct 20, 2021

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Layne chats with Rachel Harrison about her brand-new witchy feminist horror novel CACKLE, smashing patriarchal fairy tale narratives, and embracing your inner power. Pick up Rachel's books, plus the other spooky reads mentioned in the episode, in the official Unlikeable Female Characters Bookshop.
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Oct 20, 2021

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The podcast about women who don't give a damn if you like them, brought to you by unlikeable female characters Kristen Lepionka, Layne Fargo, and Wendy Heard.

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