"OW! My tit!" This week your favorite ghouls discuss the misunderstood horror gem, Jennifer's Body!

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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com

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BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

TLM: https://translifeline.org/

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Resources:

How Jennifer’s Body went from a flop in 2009 to a feminist cult classic today By Constance Grady

https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/31/18037996/jennifers-body-flop-cult-classic-feminist-horror

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/louispeitzman/jennifers-body-diablo-cody-karyn-kusama-feminist-horror

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/09/megan-fox-jennifers-body-feminist-1234589224/

https://teodoreljic.com/2020/07/24/my-better-half-has-bitten-me-revisiting-jennifers-body/

https://filmdaze.net/jennifers-body-at-10/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/movies/megan-fox-jennifers-body.html

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210406-jennifers-body-the-real-meaning-of-a-sexy-teen-flick

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3585802/jennifers-body-10-years-later-karyn-kusamas-feminist-revenge-film-ahead-time/

https://www.them.us/story/jennifers-body-film-cult-status

https://anatomyofascream.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/in-defence-of-that-kiss-jennifers-body-is-the-queer-love-story-ive-always-wanted/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/12/30/harper-vanity-2020/

https://magdalene.co/story/jennifers-body-underrated-feminist-horror-film

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/medusa-turn-patriarchy-into-stone

Female Friendships in Horror by Flick from Here Be Lesbians

https://medium.com/@frosemartin/female-friendships-in-horror-515c38d82995

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210406-jennifers-body-the-real-meaning-of-a-sexy-teen-flick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBibuyc2AXQ

This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the gonzo, 80's horror flick: Blood Diner! Guest starring Alison Peirse, author of the books After Dracula, Korean Horror Cinema, and Women Make Horror!

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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com

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BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

TLM: https://translifeline.org/

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Research:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/swampflix.com/2017/02/11/blood-diner-1987/amp/

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

https://www.google.com/amp/s/birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/10/03/the-savage-stack-blood-diner-1987/amp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGjE1todHOE

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbr.com/blood-diner-cult-classic-dark-comedy-halloween/amp/.

https://366weirdmovies.com/14-blood-diner-1987/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/cineccentric.com/2020/10/08/blood-diner-and-the-american-art-of-excess/amp/

http://ecofilmmediaenvironment.blogspot.com/2020/07/blood-diner-1987-and-jennifers-body.html?m=1

https://www.screenslate.com/articles/meat-movie-dirty-lookss-bradford-nordeen-blood-diner

https://otherworldlyoracle.com/dark-goddesses-list-descriptions/

https://femalevillains.fandom.com/wiki/Sheetar_(Blood_Diner)

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3445809/celebrating-sheetar-30-years-blood-diner/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/1768545/hinduisms-kali-is-the-feminist-icon-the-world-desperately-needs/amp/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dali_(goddess)

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-were-mythological-cannibals-119920

https://deep-focus.com/blood-diner/

Wow... sorry that this is a week late... but it was worth it! At least, we think so! Topics of discussion: The Triple Goddess, Triangles, Toxic Masculinity and Complacency, Female Monstrosity, and Re-Writing Fairytales.

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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com

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Resources:

PBS's MONSTRUM: Hansel & Gretel by Dr. Emily Zarka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_ywuNEEiVE&t=302s

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretel_&_Hansel

https://www.google.com/amp/s/flipscreened.com/2020/02/05/review-gretel-hansel-2020-is-a-story-about-female-power-and-witchcraft/amp/

SYMBOLISM IN GRETEL & HANSEL: THE DIVINE FEMALE AND THE NUMBER THREE by Dawn Kurtagich

https://www.dawnkurtagich.com/blog-1/2020/9/8/symbolism-in-gretel-amp-hansel-the-divine-female-and-the-number-three.

How 'Gretel & Hansel' puts an empowering feminist spin on the Grimm fairy tale (exclusive clip) by Ethan Alter

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/how-gretel-hansel-puts-an-empowering-feminist-spin-on-the-grimm-fairy-tale-exclusive-clip-160919907.html

Oz Perkins’s Gretel & Hansel is a surprisingly feminist take on the disturbing old fairy tale by CHANDLER LEVACK

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-oz-perkinss-gretel-hansel-is-a-surprisingly-feminist-take-on-the/

https://bastlovesmew.medium.com/gretel-and-hansel-and-modern-feminism-17cebc024405

“Rethinking fairytales as feminist fables is rescuing them, not ruining them” by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/04/rethinking-fairytales-feminist-fables-tales-stories

https://www.google.com/amp/s/citizendamepod.com/2020/02/05/gretel-hansel-searches-for-freedom-in-monstrosity/amp/

http://apimohanathas.weebly.com/critical-theory-and-fairy-tales/feminist-literary-criticism-present-in-hansel-ad-gretel

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/303069954.pdf

https://testkitchen.huffingtonpost.com/grimm/

https://time.com/5772677/gretel-and-hansel-movie/

http://www.michelepolak.com/3003spring2014/Weekly_Schedule_files/Kuykendal%20.pdf

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

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Juniper_Tree_(fairy_tale)

https://allthatsinteresting.com/hansel-and-gretel-true-stor

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9086228/trivia

Gretel finds her power Posted by Suzanne Rath

http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/gretel-finds-her-power

https://knowyourarchetypes.com/devouring-mother-archetype/

Shamanic Initiations: A hidden Theme within the Fairy Tale of Hansel and Gretel by Franco Bejarano

https://www.cabinetdesfees.com/2011/shamanic-initiations-a-hidden-theme-within-the-fairy-tale-of-hansel-and-gretel/

"I'm not crazy! I'm possessed!" This week your favorite ghouls discuss GOTHIKA!

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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song www.lilythecomposer.com

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Resources:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nerdist.com/article/black-final-girls-slasher-films/%3famp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/24/gothika-production-start%3famp=1

Gothika: What The Anima Sola Tattoo Means (& Why It's Important) by Steven Cuffari

https://screenrant.com/gothika-movie-anima-sola-tattoo-meaning-importance-explained/

GOTHIKA : NOT ALONE (Review)

https://reelisticviews.com/gothika-review-a-nerve-racking-narrative/

Why Gothika Exposes The Hidden Thoughts of Every Black Woman Who’s Ever Experienced Mental Illness by Janiera Eldridge

https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com/2017/03/why-gothika-exposes-hidden-thoughts-of.html?m=1

Gothika: What The Horror Movie's Title Means by Brynne Ramella

https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/gothika-movie-title-name-meaning-explained/amp/

https://afrohorror.libsyn.com/105-gothika

African American Women's Beliefs About Mental Illness, Stigma, and Preferred Coping Behaviors by Earlise C. Ward / corresponding author* and Susan M. Heidrich**

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854624/

Black Women Are Facing an Overwhelming Mental Health Crisis by Lynya Floyd

https://www.prevention.com/health/mental-health/a33686468/black-women-mental-health-crisis/

The Mental Health Cost of Being a Strong Black Woman (Interview with Mia Kirby) by Josephine Gurch

https://hogg.utexas.edu/mental-health-cost-of-a-black-woman

Movie #4 and #5 – Gothika and Candyman by Muds McGee

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mudsmcgee.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/movie-4-and-5-gothika-and-candyman/amp/

https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/114422/update-gothic-feminism-representation-gothic-heroine-cinema

https://lithub.com/for-gothic-heroines-haunted-houses-are-always-too-big/

https://crimereads.com/gothic-romance-domestic-noir/

The Madwoman In The Attic: How “Mad” Was Bertha Mason In Jane Eyre? By Ismat Ara

https://www.google.com/amp/s/feminisminindia.com/2017/07/21/bertha-mason-jane-eyre/%3famp

https://lithub.com/reading-jane-eyre-while-black/

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

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/cho10.html

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-figure-of-bertha-mason

https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/gothika-movie-title-name-meaning-explained/amp/

"The Monster Never Dies": An Analysis of the Gothic Double in Stephen King's Oeuvre by Heidi Strengell

https://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/spring_2003/strengell.htm

https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/were-wolf/double-gothic-fiction

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ByronicHero

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadwomanInTheAttic

https://www.google.com/amp/s/culturenotebook.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/themes-and-tropes-in-gothic-literature/amp/

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

https://www.mhanational.org/black-pioneers-mental-health

https://www.thegothiclibrary.com/african-american-writers-of-gothic-literature/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40027383?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

http://diningwithdana.net/black-characters-in-gothic-fiction/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2903332?seq=1

https://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/388/gothika.html

"Just so you know... the words 'just' and 'cramps,' they don't go together." This week your favorite ghouls discuss Ginger Snaps (2000)!

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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com

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Services:

If you or someone you know is struggling, please refer to the following resources.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 

National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264

National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

Crisis Text Line: Within the US, text HOME to 741741

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BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

TransLifeLine: https://translifeline.org/

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Resources:

Women Make Horror (2020). Edited by Alison Pierse (https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/women-make-horror/9781978805118)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blindfieldjournal.com/2019/12/05/feminist-flashback-were-girls-gone-wild-in-ginger-snaps-2000/amp/..

http://jeunessejournal.ca/index.php/yptc/article/view/54/75

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wearethemutants.com/2020/10/08/sister-lovers-the-curse-of-queerness-in-ginger-snaps/amp/

https://journals.sfu.ca/thirdspace/index.php/journal/article/viewArticle/nielsen/176

https://www.google.com/amp/s/randomcrusader.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/ginger-snaps-horror-genre-and-kick-ass-feminism/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/feministperspectives.tumblr.com/post/133135396462/ginger-snaps-a-feminist-horror-movie/amp

https://morbidlybeautiful.com/ginger-snaps-feminist-horror/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Snaps_(film)

https://urge.org/ginger-snaps-get-out-and-my-search-for-feminist-horror-films/

http://courses.washington.edu/freudlit/Delarmente-Ginger%20Snaps.htm

https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=honorscollege_theses

http://cleojournal.com/2014/12/03/bloody-fun-the-menstrual-horror-of-ginger-snaps/

I'll just DIE if you don't listen to this latest GMN episode! This week your favorite ghouls discuss the original 1975 film: The Stepford Wives.

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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com

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BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Trans Lives Matter :https://translifeline.org/

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Resources:

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

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives_(1975_film)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ew.com/movies/2017/10/23/the-stepford-wives-1975-history/%3famp=true

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91401/the-stepford-wives#articles-reviews?articleId=194000

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91401/the-stepford-wives#trivia

https://www.filmcomment.com/article/our-bodies-our-selves-the-stepford-wives/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-26/in-the-stepford-wives-no-woman-gets-out-alive .

Group Psychology and Crowd Behaviour in Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives

By A. Alshiban. Published 2019

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/marriage-30/201202/we-need-slow-domesticity-movement%3famp

https://www.webmd.com/beauty/features/stepford-syndrome

https://spectrumculture.com/2012/10/21/re-makere-model-the-stepford-wives-1975-vs-the-stepford-wives-2004/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/horrorfilmhistory.com/wp/the-stepford-wives-1975/

https://www.ctmq.org/movie-review-the-stepford-wives/

https://the-take.com/film/page/the-stepford-wives .

https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/journeys.dartmouth.edu/dist/1/1435/files/2018/05/The-Stepford-Wives-As-A-Product-of-Second-Wave-Feminism-1vjdort.pdf

https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC32folder/stepfordWives.html

https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/melodramaresearchgroup/2016/02/25/summary-of-discussion-on-the-stepford-wives/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehaughtyculturist.com/literature/stepford-wives-book-ira-levin-themes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban_Gothic#:~:text=Suburban%20Gothic%20is%20a%20subgenre,the%201950s%20and%201960s%20onwards.

(!!!!) TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE & SUICIDE

Check your horoscope! We predict you'll love this episode about the pre-code slasher film, Thirteen Women (1932).

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Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/

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Resources:

THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932): THE SLASHER THAT STARTED IT ALL by DAWN KEETLEY

http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/thirteen-women/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/crackedrearviewer.wordpress.com/2018/06/09/forgotten-horror-thirteen-women-rko-1932/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/satinyourlap.com/2020/11/09/thirteen-women-1932/amp/

https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=821

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

https://www.ravenousmonster.com/featured-article/thirteen-women-dark-history-first-slasher-film/

http://www.oh-the-horror.com/page.php?id=1986

http://www.themoviewaffler.com/2012/02/pre-code-retrospective-thirteen-women.html?m=1

https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2008/film/awards/few-female-ensemble-films-1117987564/amp/

http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/pre-code-corner-13-reasons-why-you-should-watch-thirteen-women-tonight/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/paulascinemaclub.com/2012/03/20/thirteen-women/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nitratediva.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/thirteen-women/amp/

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

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/imperfect-spirituality/201504/4-ways-the-power-suggestion-can-change-your-life%3famp

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

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-are-horoscopes-still-thing-180957701/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/how-americans-came-to-embrace-meditation-and-with-it-hinduism-90081

https://instructure-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/account_18750000000000001/attachments/2007254/Historical%20Timeline%20of%20Hinduism%20in%20America.pdf?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22Historical%20Timeline%20of%20Hinduism%20in%20America.pdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Historical%2520Timeline%2520of%2520Hinduism%2520in%2520America.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJDW777BLV26JM2MQ%2F20210125%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210125T205331Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=26e45f1ca894f3cd10ae87ecb6a8ba621531085608f3b7468137e4e250d26cc1

https://mashable.com/2014/12/06/astrology-women/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_astrology#Modern_Hindu_astrology

This week we're taking a much needed vacation to Isle Nublar and visiting JURASSIC PARK! Topics of discussion: How Are The Men Represented? How Are The Women Represented? The Use of Color to Tell A Story, and The Anti Capitalist Message in Jurassic Park!

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BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Trans Lives Matter: https://translifeline.org/donate/

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Thank you to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com

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Resources:

Clever Girl: A Feminist Interpretation of Jurassic Park

https://www.google.com/amp/s/storgy.com/2018/06/07/clever-girl-a-feminist-interpretation-of-jurassic-park/amp/

https://paleontologyworld.com/entertainment/‘jurassic-park’-inherently-feminist-interpretation

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313603741_Woman_Inherits_the_Earth_Deconstructing_Jurassic_Park_as_an_Early_Text_in_Third-Wave_Feminism

https://addi.ehu.es/bitstream/handle/10810/30078/TFG_Ayerbe.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://youtu.be/5hCuv16pzjs

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4316764?seq=1

https://www.stylist.co.uk/long-reads/jurassic-park-ellie-sattler-laura-dern-feminist-hero-90s-kids-films-movies-dinosaurs/218543

https://www.jurassicoutpost.com/jurassic-world-breeding-males-and-females/

https://www.sfu.ca/wwest/WWEST_blog/depictions-of-women-in-stem--ellie-sattler.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denofgeek.com/movies/jurassic-park-10-things-you-might-have-missed/%3famp

Well, looks like 2021 actually kinda sucks...SUCKS! Get it!? This week your favorite ghouls are discussing the 2019 teen vampire flick, BIT!

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Music by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com

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Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Maines

https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/bit-movie-the-story-behind-brad-elmores-vampire-film.html

https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2020/04/movie-review-bit-2019/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3567493/review-bit-intersectional-feminist-vampire-movie-didnt-know-needed/

https://awfj.org/blog/2019/06/10/bit-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

https://offscreen.com/view/feminist-spaces-in-horrific-places

https://medium.com/@emilie.pichot/radical-intersectional-feminist-horror-films-c072f2ca492

https://morbidlybeautiful.com/reel-review-bit/

https://flipscreened.com/2020/04/28/review-queer-vampire-film-bit-2019-is-unafraid-to-sink-its-teeth-into-feminism/

https://medium.com/the-reckless-muse/intersectional-feminist-transgender-vampire-film-bit-is-more-activism-than-entertainment-f83a6c2bd931

https://nofspodcast.com/review-vampy-queer-horror-bit-stakes-a-claim-in-feminism-and-transgender-inclusion

https://medium.com/an-injustice /a-timeline-of-transgender-horror-90d707b71e2d

http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2019/01/18/blood-bodies-and-binaries-trans-women-in-horror/

https://www.glaad.org/2008/10/23/negative-images-of-transgender-people-in-film-explored

Happy New Year and GOODBYE 2020! This week your favorite ghouls are reading some silly New Years Creepypastas!

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Music by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com

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Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

TransLifeLine: https://translifeline.org/donate/