"Hey, Coraline... how about you leave your mom alone for one got dang minute!" This week your favorite ghouls (who also happen to be moms... can ya tell!!??) are discussing Laika's amazing gateway horror film, Coraline (2009)!

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Resources:

An eye for an I: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Questions of Identity by David Rudd

http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/218/1/emcs_journals-1.pdf

The Grass Isn't Always Greener on the Other Side: Coraline's Journey to the Other Side by Isabella Martinez

https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=first-class

The Key is in the Mouth: Food & Orality in Coraline

http://www.longwood.edu/staff/miskecjm/380Coralinekeeling.pdf

Examining the Works of Neil Gaiman: Children Don’t Need Their Literature Dumbed Down by Thomas Byrne

https://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/ojs/index.php/tlg/article/view/544/484

Psychosocial Development in Coraline

https://droverreview.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/drvol1201809henderson.pdf

Why Were You Born?: An Analysis of the Anti-Feminist Implications of the Film Adaptation of Coraline

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296486285_Why_Were_You_Born_An_Analysis_of_the_Anti-Feminist_Implications_of_the_Film_Adaptation_of_Coraline

"Something Very Old and Very Slow": Coraline, Uncanniness,and Narrative Form by Richard Gooding

https://www.academia.edu/1533907/_Something_Very_Old_and_Very_Slow_Coraline_Uncanniness_and_Narrative_Form_

Coraline and “The Other Mother” Narrative by Louisa

https://louisaleontiades.com/coraline-by-neil-gaiman/

The Maternal Narcissist by Louisa

https://louisaleontiades.com/the-maternal-narcissist/

Problematizing the Ideal Homely Mother in the Movie “Coraline” by Wilful Wordiness

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wilfulwordiness.wordpress.com/2018/10/20/problematizing-the-ideal-homely-mother-in-the-movie-coraline/amp/

Why Was Wybie in Coraline (2009)? by The Princess and the Scrivener

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ4GTaSfuB0

RE: Wybie in Coraline (2009) & 10k Subscribers by The Princess and the Scrivener

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMH0dPMPawk