LAKELANDS ON PHOENIX STREET. THE SHERIFF IN YANCEY COUNTY IS WARNING PEOPLE OF CON ARTISTS ACCUSED OF PREYING ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS AND HARDSHIP. AFTER HALLOWEEN.

The paper highlights two recent and widely discussed fictionalized portrayals of female con artists: Anna Delvey ... yet hollow narratives of the "girlboss" archetype. Banet-Weiser and Higgins ...