The theme for this season is LESBIAN CHAOSSS, and what better way to kick things off than a deep, dark dive into horror. We're joined by our beloved Dr. Horror Dyke (a.k.a. Heather Petrocelli) to talk about their brand new book Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator.
Highlights include:
😌 Queers currently have the crown for the largest empirical study in horror studies
❤️🔥 How the book came to be
💥 Horror is queer
🔥 FILM IS QUEER
🚀 Why writing an academic book was important
⛰️ Discussing some of the great (and not so great) research that came before it
💞 The importance of queer community
🍿 The live cinema experience
💅🏽 Horror and camp
Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CIFdcbLdXEdp-XWIPQs3p5gfBzmxDy5iHTE_t7dcNlE/edit?usp=drive_link
Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator
(US hardcover pre-order) https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/Q/bo208655516.html
(UK ebook available now, hardcover pre-order) https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/queer-for-fear/
Note: the ebook is also available through Kobo, Amazon, and other ebook sellers.
Queer for Fear cover art print: https://buyolympia.com/Item/amie-pascal-queer-for-fear-print
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Noire-History-Black/dp/B07NDQLVS7