Episode 105: Allegorical Monsters - The Intersection of Gender and Horror

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Athena and Quinn explore the relationship between horror movie monsters and gender identity.

Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 11! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss how horror, and especially movie monsters, remind us of our own gender journeys. Main Topic: Allegorical Monsters - The Intersection of Gender and Horror Citations: Barbara Creed’s "Monstrous-Feminine" : Trans and gender-nonconforming bodies as sites of horror and fascination. h ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Creed#Work Julia Kristeva’s "Abjection" : Society rejects what blurs boundaries, including gender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_Horror Frankenstein: A Feminist Interpretation of Gender Construction : Using Judith Butler's concept of Gender as performative, making the monstrous body a form of rebellion. https://idun.augsburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?bcs-agent-scanner=18a1fc3d-75a7-514a-98e2-dd6097899b22 Really Silly Thing: Sorcery: Contested Realm - Gothic https://sorcerytcg.com/gothic We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com , or our email (staff@storythusfar.com ) if there's anything you'd like to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Athena, Quinn

Topics covered

• gender
• horror
• monsters
• allegory
• gender journeys
• society
• abjection

Keywords

• gender
• horror
• monsters
• abjection
• feminism
• gender-nonconforming
• society
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Blue Sky, The Story Thus Far Network

Books & works: Monstrous-Feminine, Abjection, Frankenstein: A Feminist Interpretation of Gender Construction

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