Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt"

About this episode

The episode discusses Gretchen Felker-Martin's 'Manhunt' and various themes related to horror, character representation, and societal issues.

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt", visceral horror-thrillers, section transitions, interchangeable characters, physical descriptions of characters, depictions of trans genitalia, sexualizing a wide varieties of body types, TERFs and anti-vaxxers, replacing PCs with NPCs, the Broo in Runequest, overland exploration in Forbidden Lands, parental access restrictions in libraries, and much more!

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Goad, Ngo Vinh-Hoi

Topics covered

• horror-thrillers
• character analysis
• transgender representation
• body positivity
• gaming
• library access

Keywords

• Gretchen Felker-Martin
• Manhunt
• horror-thrillers
• trans genitalia
• body types
• TERFs
• anti-vaxxers
• Runequest
• Forbidden Lands

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TERFs, anti-vaxxers

Products: Runequest, Forbidden Lands

Books & works: Manhunt

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