Twilight, Female Desire, and the Fall of Man

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The Gifted Child Symposium

Gifted Child Symposium

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Welcome to the Gifted Child Symposium. We're Miyin and Felicia, two former gifted children who were a pleasure to have in the classroom, making the most of our degrees in English literature by over-analysing pillars of pop culture and also anything else that we find amusing. Music by Max Elliott Follow us on Instagram @giftedcs.pod

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Twilight, Female Desire, and the Fall of Man

The Gifted Child Symposium

49 minutes 44 seconds

1 year ago

Twilight, Female Desire, and the Fall of Man

For our first episode, we analyze the literary classics known as The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer through the lenses of the Biblical Fall.

Starting with the claims of anti-feminism that plagued the books and movies in their time, we develop our argument by deeply considering the books’ religious allegories and Mormon values, the mechanics of vampire sex, and how old exactly is Carlisle Cullen. So hold on tight, spider monkey.

Music and sound mixing by Max Elliott

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Lampert-Weissig, Lisa. “A Latter Day Eve: Reading Twilight through Paradise Lost.” The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, vol. 23, no. 3, Sept. 2011, pp. 330–341, https://doi.org/10.3138/jrpc.23.3.330.
Mehta Samira K., and Anthony M. Petro. “Big Vampire Love: What’s so Mormon about Twilight?” Religion Dispatches, 8 Oct. 2015, religiondispatches.org/big-vampire-love-whats-so-mormon-about-itwilighti/.
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