Befitting their name, the Walking Dead seem to never die. They've dominated our movie screens for decades, dug themselves into our games and infected our comic books.

Their history however, goes back much further and is as foul as the creatures themselves. Also, it might just be a little racist...

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More info and links for curious minds:

• Allkins, Kyle (2010) “Those Things” and “You People”: Issues of Racism in Zombie Cinema. In Oakland Journal, 19. 112-124.
• History.com (2017). Zombies.
• Lizardi, Ryan (2009). The Zombie Media Monster and its Evolution as a Sign and Historical Allegory. [Master Thesis in Media Studies; The Pennylvania State University]. PennState University Libraries Electronic Theses and Dissertations for Graduate School.
• Crockett, Zachary & Zaracina, Javier (2016). How the zombie represents America’s deepest fears. VOX.

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Is Jennifer's Body (2009) feminist or sexist? Why did it flop and what's the Monstrous Feminine got to do with it?

This Neffviews Bonus Ep digs into all of this - just like Jennifer digs into boys!

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Harpies, sirens and succubi - our oldest tales are full of female monstrosities that terrify mankind. What does the Mounstrous Feminine want us to be afraid of? How is it constructed around feminine ideals?

And which feminine evil still entails real life victims to this very day? Today's Deep Dive has all the answers in store for you!

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More information and links on the topic:

• United Nations. Witchcraft and human rights. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. ⁠
• Müller, Charlotte & Sanderson, Sertan. Witch hunt: A global problem in the 21st century.
• Creed, Barbara (1993). The Mounstrous Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis. Routledge.
• Santos, Cristina (2017). Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, and Virgins. Lexington Books.
• Germaine Buckley, Chloe (2019). Witches, ’Bitches’ or Feminist Trailblazers? The Witch in Folk Horror Cinema. Revenant: Creative and Critical Studies of the Supernatural (4). 22-42
• Howell, Amanda & Baker, Lucy. (2022). Monstrous Possibilities. The Female Monster in 21st Century Screen Horror. Palgrave Macmillan.

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