While the industry has worried about whether they can make money from them, unlikeable female characters have revolutionized pop culture. They have opened the door to the gamut of human experiences. They are always too much in one way or another: too horny, too ambitious, too loud, too smart, too drunk, too messy, too crazy, too sad. Seeing them onscreen opens up the possibility of women being more than just the #strongfemalecharacter. They can be flawed, malicious, self-serving, ruthless, hapless characters—but ultimately unlikeable female characters are liberating, because they are not meant
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