![]() ![]() Mobilising Joan as a kind of in extremis everywoman, Taddeo conducts trauma and catharsis like a dark orchestra as her crescendo approaches. If Joan is to avenge all womankind, she must have a suitable sacrifice – and in time she finds one. She learned long ago that the trick is to employ a hunter’s language: to deploy the yips of something defenceless to act like prey, then pounce. Having a womb and being vulnerable are not one and the same, but try telling that to predators – sharp-suited or sharp-toothed as the case may be as these wild animals approach, Joan is learning to deal with human predators. Animal author Lisa Taddeo: ‘I showed my four-year-old Kill Bill to teach her about gender inequality’Īdding to its fable-like tone, packs of coyotes roam the canyon, surrounding houses at the merest whiff of blood (menstrual or otherwise). ![]()
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