We talk about the 2009 film ‘Jennifer’s Body,’ why it wasn’t appreciated when it came out, and what it has to say about the expectations we project onto young women’s bodies. We discuss Megan Fox’s theory about why the movie bombed and the treatment of actresses pre-MeToo, and we dive into how the movie plays with horror tropes.

Cited:

Blichert, Frederick. “'Jennifer’s Body' Would Kill if It Came Out Today.” Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/qv99y3/jennifers-body-would-kill-if-it-came-out-today?utm_source=vicetwitterus

Clover, Carol J. Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. Princeton

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Grady, Constance. “How Jennifer’s Body went from a flop in 2009 to a feminist cult classic today.’ Vox. https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/31/18037996/jennifers-body-flop-cult-classic-feminist-horror

Scott, A.O. “Hell Is Other People, Especially the Popular Girl.” New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/movies/18jennifer.html

The music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal freemusicarchive.org/music/Portraya…l_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/