My favourite fictional character: Wintering's grotesque widows reveal the 'monstrous' woman as wise and progressive

Monsters reveal how societies define and punish deviance. Wintering’s widows make me think about the women I know who are strong and wise in ways neither recognised nor endorsed by the mainstream.

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