“If he sees her as a person and not just an object, it’s harder to tear her up.”
Grab your good bag and your cheap shoes and join the Horror Virgin Crew for a little quid pro quo as we kick off Women in Horror month with the psychological horror masterpiece The Silence of the Lambs.
We’ll discuss Academy Award-winning horror, subverting the male gaze, and the complexity of Buffalo Bill. Jenn gives some advice for talking to women and we all discuss the importance of authentic on-screen representation.
Jenn’s Links
—Silence of the Lambs at 25: It Broke All the Rules
—The Enduring Feminist Vision of The Silence of the Lambs
—Before we knew better: Silence of the Lambs is a win for women—but fails LGBTQ culture
—The Literal Male Gaze in The Silence of the Lambs
—Seeing the Female Body Differently: Gender issues in The Silence of the Lambs
