Bitches, Fierce Femmes and Molls: in praise of difficult screen women

Why are the best female characters bad girls and anti-heroes? Our report on the juiciest panel at Screen Forever.
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Cracked and dangerous. Eliza Scanlen, Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson play the messed up women in HBO gothic thriller Sharp Objects. 

Here at Screenhub we’re an equal opportunity workplace, but as the female member of the editorial team, I tend to write the stories about gender in film, childcare issues in the industry and the latest in female-friendly TV and podcasts – the so-called soft stuff that actually has a real hard edge to it. I love it.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She is a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk