Katy and Erika keep the summer vibes going by discussing Ari Aster's Midsommar. They dive deep into white supremacist cults, the origin of the word "bear", and how joining a cult seems great until winter comes.

• "The Source of Horror: An Anthropological Perspective on 'Midsommar' and 'The Witch'," Eleri Denham: https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/08/17/film/the-source-of-horror-an-anthropological-perspective-on-midsommar-and-the-witch-eleri-denham

• "People Still Don't Realize 'Midsommar' Is About White Supremacy," Marco Vito Oddo: https://collider.com/midsommar-ari-aster-white-supremacy/

• "Community and Family: The Cult Indoctrination Techniques of ‘Midsommar’," Manor Vellum: https://manorvellum.medium.com/community-and-family-the-cult-indoctrination-techniques-of-midsommar-693b1f5f4ec8

• "The Transgender Defense of Angela Baker and Sleepaway Camp," Harmony Colangelo: https://harmonycolangelo.medium.com/the-transgender-defense-of-angela-baker-and-sleepaway-camp-82dd54ddf9cd
• “Why Trans Women Can’t Have a Promising Young Woman Yet: A Lesson from Sleepaway Camp," Aspen Nelson: https://medium.com/incluvie/why-trans-women-cant-have-a-promising-young-woman-yet-a-lesson-from-sleepaway-camp-3fa0511edabc
• "Enbytion Transcendance: Sleepaway Camp," Eleo Emil Billet: https://medium.com/@eleo.billet/enbytion-transcendance-sleepaway-camp-4bc3f20b951b
• "Am I Seeing Something in Sleepaway Camp That Isn’t Really There?" Michael Villanova: https://medium.com/@mvillanova/am-i-seeing-something-in-sleepaway-camp-that-isnt-really-there-784b6869e613
• "Blood, Bodies and Binaries: Trans Women in Horror," Jenni Holtz: http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2019/01/18/blood-bodies-and-binaries-trans-women-in-horror/
• "Dressing Down the Killer Crossdresser Trope: Is It Inherently Problematic?" Harmony Colangelo: https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3642184/dressing-killer-crossdresser-trope-inherently-problematic/

• "Death Proof: Recontextualizing the Slasher Genre," Douglas Rasmussen: https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/death-proof-recontextualizing-the-slasher-genre/
• "A History Of Women In Quentin Tarantino Movies," Alison Willmore: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alisonwillmore/quentin-tarantino-women-margot-robbie-once-upon-time
• "The Enduring Horror of Death Proof‘s Stuntman Mike," Brianna Zigler: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/quentin-tarantino/death-proof-guilt-sexism

• "Cat People (1942): Coding Lesbianism via Otherness," Elizabeth Erwin: https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/cat-people-1942-coding-lesbianism-via-otherness/
• "Monsters & Mommis: Cat People and the Seventh Victim Come Out of the Closet," Drew Burnett Gregory: https://www.autostraddle.com/monsters-mommis-cat-people-and-the-seventh-victim-come-out-of-the-closet/
• "Werecats, Part V: The Wampus Cat," Meredith Hemphill: https://encyclopaediafelidae.com/wampus-cat/
• "Cats & Women: Why the Connection," Madison Arnold-Scerbo: https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2017/07/cats-women-why-connection.html
• "Cats and Witches: A Magical History," Faye Sakellaridis: https://wisdom.thealchemistskitchen.com/cats-and-witches-a-magical-history/

Join Katy and Erika as they discuss Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead. They dive deep into gender in horror films, zombies vs. demons, and why they are so many cabins in all these woods.

CW: This episode includes a brief discussion of sexual assault. If you would rather not hear that part, you can skip from 00:21:00 to 00:36:33.

"How To Read Evil Dead and Why," Seth Mlawski: https://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/10/28/evil-dead/

"Reality Is Mundane: Special Effects and Unrealism," Alec Jensen: http://www.thecinessential.com/evil-dead-sfx

“Final Girl, Final Boy: Ash’s Imperiled Masculinity,” Dale Bailey, from The Many Lives of the Evil Dead (2019).

This week, join Erika and Katy as they discuss Robert Eggers' the VVitch. They dive deep into cinematography, antisemitism, and the inherent queerness of owning a tarot deck.

"The Antisemitic History of Witches," Emma Shachat: https://www.heyalma.com/the-antisemitic-history-of-witches/

"Alewives: The Women Who Crafted Beer and Split Hell Wide Open," Heather Hogan: https://www.autostraddle.com/ale-wives-the-women-who-created-beer-and-split-hell-wide-open-427858/