Jaded, “maidenless,” hyper-sensitive. Savoy Matviyenko is a biracial femoid at odds with the world. Not a female incel, or a normie “feeeemale,” but someone caught in the murky interstices between the two. When she isn’t doom-scrolling the dark recesses of the deep web, drawing digital porn for sicko clients, grinding away at a dead-end job, or lurking in dingy comedy clubs with her slovenly roommate, Dax, she fancies herself a future botanist, a would-be comedian or poet, a present-day edgelord who’s totally not like other girls.
Once Savoy starts “courting” (stalking) Avery Bazin, a burgeoning sculptor with a penchant for Cioran, her underlying psychological imbalances tip her towards instability. Her delusional notions of romance—spurred on by her tumultuous upbringing and neurotic idealism—steer her into a crash course of self-reconciliation. Can a hopelessly romantic femoid keep it together long enough to find love in today’s caustic, chronically online culture? Or is an ADHD-riddled “BPD baddie” like Savoy destined to be forever alone with her pet slugs (ಥ_ಥ)? After an unhinged stand-up debut that almost lands her in the can, and some (kwazy) time spent on the brink of suicidal collapse, Savoy must overcome the loathing of her era and find her way back to Earth.
Femoid is a metamodern novel whose hybrid pastiche of styles reflects the fractured mindset of Gen Z and the pluralized toxicity they were born into. It embodies a new alternative archetype in literature, giving shape to an urgent ethos for a disoriented generation.
