Episode 97: Eve’s Bayou
[Corrections: Fem mistakenly refers to the film The Feast of All Saints as Amistad. To add to hir mistakes, the Jia Tolentino article Fem mentions in the closing is from The New Yorker and not The New York Times.]
NOTES:
“Eve’s Bayou: Too Good to be a Black Film?”
Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class
“Hoodoo Ladies and High Conjurers: New Directions for an Old Archetype”
“The Case Against Contemporary Feminism”
Happy Women in Horror Month! All throughout February we’ll be drawing attention to the women behind the camera who contribute to the genre and fill our lives with great art. Resist stereotypes! Take part in the agenda:
American Mary | American Psycho | The Babadook | Beloved | Blood Diner | The Commune | The Countess | Felt | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Ginger Snaps | Graphic Sexual Horror | A Gun for Jennifer | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Jennifer’s Body | Ladies of the House | The Lure | Lost Girl | Maleficent | Maskoun | The Oracle | Pet Sematary | Pet Sematary 2 | The Shining | The Slumber Party Massacre | The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears | Suspiria | Titus | Trouble Every Day | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
We’ve participated in Women in Horror Month every February since this site was birthed and 2016 will be no different.
February 8 – Episode 85: Trouble Every Day (2001)
This year we’ll be discussing Claire Denis’s Trouble Every Day – an erotic horror film with lots of blood!
Until then, occupy yourself with some of the women-produced horror films we’ve discussed in the past and our 2015 PSA:
American Mary | American Psycho | The Babadook | Beloved | Blood Diner | The Commune | The Countess | Felt | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Ginger Snaps | A Gun for Jennifer | Jennifer’s Body | Ladies of the House | Maleficent | The Oracle | The Shining | The Slumber Party Massacre | The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears | Suspiria | Titus | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
It’s back! Celebrations abound for this year’s Women in Horror Month. Here’s how we’re participating:
February 9 – Episode 73: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
We’re hittin’ everything hot in 2014! A couple of months ago it was Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and next month it’s Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Enjoy our interest in new horror while it lasts.
To tide you over, check out our brand new special Women in Horror Month PSA (below)! Plus these episodes from the archives focusing on women-made horror, including this month’s official pre-game episode on Julie Taymor’s Titus:
American Mary | American Psycho | The Babadook | Blood Diner & The Oracle | The Commune | The Countess | Ginger Snaps | Jennifer’s Body | Maleficent | The Shining | The Slumber Party Massacre | Titus | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
The Whorer had a great time at Con Nooga this weekend. When Feminists Attack: Women and Horror Films had a great turnout and produced some great conversation. If interested:
– Slides
– Handout
Just to recap: We did a presentation celebrating Women in Horror Recognition Month at Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Con Nooga. While we will not be dedicating an entire podcast episode to this particular con, we will take some time to talk about our overall experiences at the end of next week’s episode on Beyond the Black Rainbow.
Women in Horror Month is back! Here’s what’s brewing at The Whorer this February…
February 3 – Episode 49: Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Is it feminist? Is it not feminist? We’re just itchin’ to see what all the fuss is about!
February 22 – Con Nooga Presentation “When Feminists Attack: Women and Horror Films”
That’s right. We’re gonna be LIVE and in the flesh at Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Con Nooga! What are we gonna talk about? Why, women in horror of course! Here’s the program blurb:
What the heck is a feminist horror film and why the frak should you care? Come find out as we celebrate Women in Horror Month by talking about our favorite women produced horror films/TV shows and characters.
If you happen to be in the Chattanooga area, we’re presenting this awesomeness at 4pm in the Convention Center, Panel Room #10. Maybe if the rest of you bug us, we’ll record and release the audio…
While you wait, here are episodes from our archive focusing on women-made horror along with the PSA we created last year.
American Mary | American Psycho | Blood Diner & The Oracle | The Commune | The Countess | Ginger Snaps | The Shining | The Slumber Party Massacre | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
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