In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 1989 horror-comedy film Heathers. 

Episode Highlights: We explore how this film uses the ridiculousness of high school for both comedic and horrific effect. We also talk about how the film uses both form and content to subvert traditions and break away from conformity, ensuring that "the only Heather-shaped box is a coffin."

A Dose of Scholarship: We discuss Jessica Gildersleeve's 2020 article "'A friend who stabs you': Abjection, Violence and the Female Clique in Film" in The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture. Gildersleeve offers an intriguing way of contextualizing Heathers as she juxtaposes it alongside other films in this subgenre such as The Craft (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), and Mean Girls (2004). 

This podcast episode first aired on June 14, 2021.

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