Miss Butcher 2016 〈99% GENUINE〉

In the years since, Miss Butcher has become a cautionary tale about the risks of using satire to challenge societal norms. While the pageant's organizers claimed to be making a point about the objectification of women, many critics argued that they ended up reinforcing the very stereotypes they sought to challenge.

Miss Butcher lived on the edge of town where the pavement gave way to a ribbon of untamed field. Her cottage was a crooked place of peeling white paint and a gate that never quite latched. In the daytime she walked to the market with a basket and a careful smile; at night, the town’s children swore they could see a light moving behind the cottage curtains, like a chess piece sliding across a board. People said she’d once been a teacher; others said she’d been a widow. No one knew the truth—only that she kept to herself and kept a tidy garden of nettles and late roses that smelled both sweet and bitter. miss butcher 2016