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The Impact of Rosemary’s Baby on Horror
Rosemary’s Baby is one of the most popular and influential horror films of all time. But what is it about this spooky tale that still resonates today?
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What role does Twilight play in the story of women in horror?
I find Twilight interesting because it both follows and ignores popular and effective horror tropes, as well as asks us to really try to figure out what a feminist character really looks like.
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Concepts & Tropes, Film, Season 2
What do Final Girls tell us about women in horror?
The Final Girl trope opens discussions about misogyny and empowerment, the violence against and saving of women, and how horror reflects how we value women.
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Characters, Literature, Season 2
What is Carmilla’s effect on the horror genre?
Joseph Sheridan LeFanu'sCarmilla is not only thee first female vampire. She has colored not only how we view vampires, but women and queer folks in horror stories.
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The Striding Place
The Striding Place is arguably Gertrude Atherton's most famous story, though it contains virtually none of the feminist and gender-centric critiques that permeated the majority of her work.
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In The Dark
In the Dark - one of Edith Nesbit's most popular short horror stories - is a perfect example of a tale written by a woman aching to break from Victorian and Edwardian norms.
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The Hall Bedroom
While Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's "The Hall Bedroom" does not feature a female protagonist, it shows a masterful and imaginative command of the kinds of horror typically reserved for Lovecraft and his contemporaries.
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The Flowering Evil
The Flowering Evil brings into sharp focus the contrast of science and fantasy against a traditional post-war domestic backdrop, something that must have felt rather familiar in author Margaret St. Clair's day to day life.
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Each Man Kills
Each Man Kills is the most popular short story written by Victoria Glad, published in Weird Tales in March of 1951.
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In The Closed Room
Writer of classics such as The Little Princess and The Secret Garden, Frances Eliza Hodgson uses this short story to explore the idea of social mobility, and the idea that class, money, and status matters little to children.
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