When the Woman Screams
Popular thinking is that women scream in horror films because it is an inherently misogynistic media genre; that women are screaming because they are being terrorized. But this reading fails to account for any complexity of female emotions and experiences. While women do scream because they are afraid, they also scream in anger, grief, or simply to be heard. This public humanities podcast project examines the evolution of the female scream in horror films and explores the cultural underpinnings that potentially explain these shifts. Season one consists of five episodes centered on horror films from the United States. Each episode covers a particular type of scream and considers what that scream suggests about the political and social context in which it was created. This season covers Hagsploitation, Sexual Harassment, Maternal Grief, Coded Queerness, and Post-Trump Anger. This is not a podcast about women being victimized. This is a podcast about women surviving and I hope you’ll scream with me.
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Episodes
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Find out what to expect in this season of When the Woman Screams, a podcast that examines the varied reasons why women scream in horror films.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Exploring how American horror films are grappling with the era of Trump through three seminal films: Black Christmas, Ready or Not, and The Invisible Man.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Exploring how American horror films coded queerness to convey monstrosity through three seminal films: Dracula's Daughter, Cat People, and Suddenly, Last Summer.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
An exploration of how American horror films have framed sexual harassment framed by three narratives: Office Killer, The Belko Experiment, and The Purge TV Series.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
An exploration of grief and motherhood via three American horror films: Who Slew Auntie Roo, Friday the 13th, and The Curse of La Llorona.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
A look at how horror treats older women framed through three American films: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Strait-Jacket, and Lady in a Cage.