![]() ![]() The speaker says “I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them” (7). He is liked by her parents, “He is a nice boy, they say. In Machado’s telling of the story, the speaker marries a man who is “a little craggy, in that way men sometimes are, and wants” (3). ![]() While the title of this story refers to the extra stitch doctors will often add when sewing a woman back up after birth to increase their husbands’ pleasure, the story is also a retelling of the classic slumber party horror story about the woman whose head is kept on her neck by nothing but a green ribbon. ![]() (Spoilers for “The Husband Stitch,” “Inventory,” and “Mothers” follow, so if you’re worried about that you should pause here to read the book) As a fan of both Bridgers and Machado, I felt it was my obligation to do my best to pair stories from Her Body and Other Parties with songs from Punisher. Bridgers often cites Her Body and Other Parties as a favorite book and inspiration for Punisher. Carmen Maria Machado is a writer (and AU Alumna :P) known for her memoir In The Dream House and her anthology of speculative short fiction, Her Body and Other Parties. Phoebe Bridgers is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter known for her albums Punisher and Stranger in The Alps as well as her collaborations boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center. ![]()
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