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

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. https://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

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