this is my running list of women writers who define badass
- joan didion
- marilynne robinson
- alice munro
- mary gaitskill
- grace paley
- anais nin
Who else?
(I don’t think Lorrie Moore is a badass, but that is certainly up for debate. I’m not even sure what I mean, but I just don’t think BADASS when I think of her.).
Runners up include: Carson McCullers, Dorothy Parker

