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naamah_darling

Meeting The Beast: Ginger Snaps and Feminist Werewolves

Feb 14, 2009 16:10

For Lupercalia, I thought I'd give you an essay about blood, sex, and wolves. Seems appropriate ( Read more... )

lycanthropy, movies, movie reviews, media, feminism

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liminalia February 14 2009, 23:00:30 UTC

Have you ever read Pat Califia's short story Blood and Silver? I think you'd like it. It's a radical reworking of Red Riding Hood.

naamah_darling February 14 2009, 23:05:33 UTC

Ooo, no, I haven't! I'll have to look that up and see if I can find the collection it's in.

liminalia February 14 2009, 23:07:12 UTC

It's in No Mercy and a later collection also called Blood and Silver. I'll happily mail you my copy of No Mercy if you promise to mail it back--it's out of print.

liminalia February 14 2009, 23:10:48 UTC

Also, I can't remember if I recommended A Companion To Wolves to you? (Vikings! Trolls! Assfucking!)

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ashbet February 14 2009, 23:30:59 UTC

You're making me need to watch "Ginger Snaps" again, it's been too long. :)

And, yes -- what you're reacting to is the same thing that has bothered me when people label it a "feminist" movie, but you've pinned it down much better than I ever could, it was just a nebulous feeling of discomfort for me. It's certainly a movie that relates to women on a lot of different levels, but that doesn't make it *feminist*, although it certainly can be *feminine*.

I really enjoyed your analysis -- thank you, sugar!

-- A <3

siliconshaman February 14 2009, 23:32:31 UTC

Dammit...and now I want to write the story that should've been!

One that really does blow a damn great hole though all the old stereotypes!

pixxelpuss February 15 2009, 06:00:57 UTC

I'd love for you to do that, too. And then for you to allow me to read it.

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naamah_darling February 15 2009, 00:49:46 UTC

I have that on Netflix! I really want to see it. Like, BAD. :D

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naamah_darling February 15 2009, 01:43:21 UTC

I love a good bad movie more than almost anything. I mean, my top ten most-watched movies are all really bad, I'm sure.

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lunalelle February 15 2009, 00:09:23 UTC

I'm curious whether you ever read (read, not watched) Blood and Chocolate and what you thought of it on a feminist level.

lunalelle February 15 2009, 00:10:37 UTC

And I see other people above have recommended it. :D Serves me right for not reading the comments.

naamah_darling February 15 2009, 00:51:44 UTC

No, I haven't read it yet, though I have watched and do love the movie. I understand that's irrelevant, as it was changed in major ways, so I am just going to consider them as different stories entirely and not compare them or assume that my having seen the movie will provide me with any insight about what the book is like.

I am curious to see which I like more.

aggiebell February 15 2009, 03:02:49 UTC

I figured Hollywood would change the story significantly, and that I would be really upset by that. But then, somehow, by the time things started blowing up, I had accepted that it was an entirely different story that just happened to pay royalty checks to Annette Curtis Klause.

On the upshot, it made me really happy that their wolf forms were actual wolves, and not Hairy Man-Beasts of Terror.

I should probably rewatch it.

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