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The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente

Prompt: A Book About Feminism

"Catherynne Valente is one of my favourite writers, and I adore her beautiful yet clever and subversive writing style. And in this book she gives us a scathing look at the "Women In Refrigerators" syndrome so common in fiction, especially superhero comics — the tendency for female characters to be murdered, raped, crippled, depowered, or otherwise traumatized in order to further the male characters' stories." — Kenya