Victoria Vice-a high-paid stripper living in Portland, Oregon-feels vengeful after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Falling to the depths of hell in a dream, Victoria realizes what she needs to do: plot to take over the world. Gradually through this novel, we connect with a character subjected to sexism and violence, whose anger and fury drastically transform her into a vengeful and chaotic dictator. Or, as she likes to call herself, the world's first DictateHer. How does sexism excuse the behavior of men, and how does it warp a woman's authentic identity? Female rage can no longer be contained in DictateHer, a woman's second coming-of-age story; you know, the one brutally told a few years after the first coming-of-age Prince Charming fable? As a thirty-one-year-old grapples with the dangers of "looking the other way" and "just letting it go for now," this tale as old as time is ready to erupt, cascading down a steep mountain of hard truths and colossal revenge. Revenge is not a dish best-served cold, but rather hot, ready to scorch those who've kept the gaslight on past expire.
