Episode Description - Host: Mo Moshaty, Guest: ⁠Wi-Moto Nyoka

A young girl navigating a city shattered by cartel violence carries both the weight of her mother’s disappearance and a trio of supernatural wishes that blur the line between protection and punishment. Caught between childhood and survival, she moves through the ruins with quiet resilience, haunted, literally and figuratively, by what has been taken from her. Her fear doesn’t weaken her; it sharpens her instincts, turning grief into something almost mythic. This is the story of Estrella, and the call for loss, abandonment, and haunting is coming from inside the house.

Film discussed:(Vuelven) Tigers Are Not Afraid by Issa Lopez

Show Description - Possessed. Vengeful. Grief-stricken. Hysterical. Objectified. Horror loves putting women in boxes, then setting those boxes on fire. But those roles? They’re not just scary stories. They reflect what the world expects from us, fears about us, and too often, does to us. I’m Mo Moshaty, and this is where we dig into the trauma behind the tropes, why these stories hit so hard, and what they say about the world outside the screen. Welcome to From Inside the House.

If you or someone you know has experienced any of the topics we've spoken about today, please seek these organizations for help:

UK: 

London Black Women's Project - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lbwp.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Women's Aid - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.womensaid.org.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

US:

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.niwrc.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ncdvtmh.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠