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Close-up of a woman's eye with the words Kill to Survive

Do women kill to survive? What Monster is really saying

Netflix's Lizzie Borden season is lurid, padded and loose with the facts. It is also, almost in spite of itself, asking the right question: what does a woman do when every door out of her life has been locked from the outside?

By Giulia Bono · Opinion · 8 min read

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