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How Horror Allows Women To Be Both Damsels And Demons
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How Horror Allows Women To Be Both Damsels And Demons

Originally published September 7, 2019 in The Rational.

When you think of female characters in horror films, you might think of a bra-less bimbo being stalked through the woods by a masked serial killer. Or perhaps you’re picturing a perfectly coiffed starlet from the 1940s fainting at the sight of a costumed monster. Either way, in the wake of today’s women’s empowerment movement, the first image conjured up is unlikely to be someone who seems worth idolizing at all.

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The Evil Black Widows of Liverpool
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The Evil Black Widows of Liverpool

The subject of whether or not women can write horror still raises its head from time to time (surely it should be long buried now, given the plethora of amazing female horror authors past and present) but what about the act of committing it? I don’t mean the crime of passion, the revenge killing, the impulsive, pushed over the edge, β€˜moment of madness’ murder. The type of murder to which I am referring is the cold, calculated, carefully planned and systematic serial murder. The type more readily associated with…well, historically at least…men.

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Women Developing Their Characters: An Argument for Protagonist Diversity Beyond the Audience Surrogate
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Women Developing Their Characters: An Argument for Protagonist Diversity Beyond the Audience Surrogate

Almost everyone loves to project themselves into a good fantasy from time to time, whether it be through a video game, book, television show or just in our own minds. Some media, such as video games, make this process very easy by putting the player in the protagonist’s shoes throughout the story. In literature, the easiest way to accomplish this effect is to use what theorists call an audience surrogate. Audience surrogates appear throughout literature, but some popular examples include Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories, Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby, and Bella Swan from Twilight.

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