The 9/11 Girlboss (feat. Vita Breva)

Horror month continues! This week, Vita Breva (@vitabreva) joins Jackal and Josiah to discuss Jennifer's Body (2009). We discuss the movie's poor contemporary reception and later reappraisal, the film's exploration of feminism, sexuality, and the post-911 era, the attempted character assassination of Megan Fox, as well as Vita's Girardian read on the film.

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References

• Vita's review of Jennifer's Body (2009), https://letterboxd.com/vitabreva/film/jennifers-body/1/
• "The Passion of the Christ (2004)," Girls, Guts, and Giallo, https://www.patreon.com/posts/passion-of-2004-84479521
• "The Wicker Man (1973)," Girls, Guts, and Giallo, https://www.patreon.com/posts/wicker-man-1973-108827516
• "We've all been pronouncing Amanda Seyfried wrong," Glamour, https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/amanda-seyfried-prononuciation
• "When Michael Bay Degraded Megan Fox—Then Tried to Sabotage Her Career," Marlow Stern in the Daily Beast, https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-michael-bay-degraded-megan-foxthen-tried-to-sabotage-her-career/
• "Michael Bay's Crew Bitchslaps Megan Fox," Nikki Finke in Deadline, https://deadline.com/2009/09/transformers-crew-talk-back-to-megan-fox-15879/
• "'I Eat Boys': Monstrous Femininity in Jennifer's Body," Victoria Santamaría Ibor in Babel AFIAL, PDF, https://revistas.uvigo.es/index.php/AFIAL/article/download/4301/3375
• "Popular girl goes bad, begins to devour teen flesh," Roger Ebert, https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jennifers-body-2009
• "How Jennifer’s Body went from a flop in 2009 to a feminist cult classic today," Constance Grady in Vox, https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/31/18037996/jennifers-body-flop-cult-classic-feminist-horror
• "The life, death, and rebirth of Jennifer’s Body, according to screenwriter Diablo Cody," Emily St. James in Vox, https://www.vox.com/i-think-youre-interesting/2018/11/10/18080168/jennifers-body-diablo-cody-interview-reborn

Music & audio credits

• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
• Through the Trees - Low Shoulder
• Yesterday – bloom.

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A show about history, politics, faith, media, and the internet hosted by Josiah Sutton. Aiming for at least two free episodes per month. Artwork by Kipp Paulsen. More content can be found on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141