This week your favorite ghouls are discussing two kaiju films! Mothra is a an actual goddess and Hedorah... well, let's say she's got some toxic tendencies. Oh and Godzilla is totally gay. In fact, all the kaiju are gay. We're here for it!

Content Warning: menstruation, menstruating while trans, possible hints of body dysmorphia.

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Resources:

Mothra: A Love Letter by Victoria Potenza

https://www.cinema76.com/home/2019/6/7/mothra-a-love-letter

Why are so many people so obsessed with Mothra? What's so cool about her? Answered by Barney Buckley

https://www.quora.com/Why-are-so-many-people-so-obsessed-with-Mothra-Whats-so-cool-about-her

MOTHRA IS THE ONLY GIRLBOSS THAT MATTERS Chingey Nea

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/mothra-girlboss-queer-icon

Why Mothra Remains the Queen of the Monsters by Up From the Depths

https://youtu.be/-zG0Cn-E8zU

Godzilla: King of the Monsters – A History of Mothra by Don Kaye

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-mothra/?amp

Mothra: Yin to Godzilla’s Yang by Robert Ito

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/movies/mothra-godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.html

No, Seriously: Mothra as a Feminist Icon by Matt O’Connell

https://doctoroffisticuffs.wixsite.com/moconnell/post/no-seriously-mothra-as-a-feminist-icon

Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla

Godzilla vs Mothra (1964) Review by Tim Cook

https://lalafilmltd.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/review-godzilla-vs-mothra-1964/

There Goes Tokyo: Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)

https://horrorflora.com/2018/01/12/there-goes-tokyo-mothra-vs-godzilla/amp

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Review by Paul Aronofsky

https://godzillavs.net/2021/05/28/mothra-vs-godzilla-1964/amp/

'Godzilla' was a metaphor for Hiroshima, and Hollywood whitewashed it by Kimmy Yam

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1236165

An Analysis of Postwar Japan and the Japanese Nuclear Consciousness Through Godzilla Films by Nalvic

https://nalvicreviews.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/an-analysis-of-postwar-japan-and-the-japanese-nuclear-consciousness-through-godzilla-films/amp/

https://archive.org/details/mothra-vs.-godzilla-japanese-version-criterion-collection

https://archive.org/details/godzilla-vs.-hedorah-japanese-version-criterion

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2311286/#:~:text=The%20incidence%20of%20chronic%20obstructive,is%20known%20as%20Yokkaichi%20Asthma.

Hedorah Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedorah

Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah

Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema by Brooke McCorkle Okazaki and Sean Rhoads: 2017058867, 9781476663906, 9781476631349.

https://dokumen.pub/japans-green-monsters-environmental-commentary-in-kaiju-cinema-2017058867-9781476663906-9781476631349.html

Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) Criterion Collection

https://www.criterion.com/films/30102-godzilla-vs-hedorah

When Godzilla Found His Hippie Heart Battling A Smog Monster by Brad Gullickson

https://filmschoolrejects.com/godzilla-vs-hedorah/?amp

Godzilla Is a Radical Environmentalist by Daniel Oberhaus

https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/kz7w9w/godzilla-is-a-radical-environmentalist

Godzilla: evolution of a monster BY LAU KA-KUEN AND ADOLFO ARRANZ

https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/culture/article/3012245/godzilla/index.html?src=social

50 YEARS LATER: ‘GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH’ IS STILL A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE By Stephen Rosenberg

https://www.horrorgeeklife.com/2022/04/01/godzilla-vs-hedorah-retro/

Guest Review: Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971) by Andrew Price

http://commentaramafilms.blogspot.com/2015/04/guest-review-godzilla-vs-smog-monster.html?m=1

Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) for TCM.com By Pablo Kjoseth

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/813030/godzilla-vs-hedorah#overview