Episode 104: The Stepford Wives

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Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective

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Three jerky socialists talk about books you've probably heard of. With Megan Tusler, Tristan Schweiger, and Katie K.

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Episode 104: The Stepford Wives

Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective

1 hour 23 minutes 23 seconds

3 years ago

Episode 104: The Stepford Wives

Happy Halloween, book jerks! Starting our fourth annual spookfest, we’re reading The Stepford Wives, which should actually be called The Stepford Husbands (they’re the scary ones, after all, and credit to Amanda Davis for the appellation). We discuss Ira Levin’s 1972 horror-satire to return to some familiar questions: what are husbands for? Why are neighbors such creeps? If you could make a robot wife, how big would you make her boobs? We reflect on genre, bourgeoisification, liberal feminism, and Sir Mix-a-Lot.

We read the 2002 William Morrow reprint with introduction by Peter Straub. Check out Jennifer Rhee’s The Robotic Imaginary: The Human and the Price of Dehumanized Labor for more on bots bots bots!

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.