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Aug 3, 2022 1 hr 14 min

#43: Sleepaway Camp (1983)

from The Whorrors! Hosted by Elyse Rose & Shay Gilly

Yo whorrors, how come this movie is so fucked up? Join Elyse and Shay as they explore the kooky summer camp slasher with a complicated history, 1983’s Sleepaway Camp. ****CONTENT WARNING: transphobia, homophobia, sexual assault Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at [email protected] Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected]) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License Works Referenced: Blood, Bodies and Binaries: Trans Women in Horror by Jenni Holtz (they/them): http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2019/01/18/blood-bodies-and-binaries-trans-women-in-horror/ “How Can It Be? She’s a boy.” Transmisogyny in Sleepaway Camp by Willow Maclay (she/her): http://cleojournal.com/2015/08/10/how-can-it-be-shes-a-boy-transmisogyny-in-sleepaway-camp/ Sleepaway Camp IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086320/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv ‘Sleepaway Camp’: The Elephant in the Room [Trapped By Gender] by Alice Collins (she/her): https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3625816/sleepaway-camp-elephant-room-trapped-gender/ Sleepaway Camp Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepaway_Camp “Who’s Afraid Of The Big, Bad Trans Woman? On Horror and Transfemininity” by Mey Valdivia Rude (she/her): https://www.autostraddle.com/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-trans-woman-on-horror-and-transfemininity-198212/ www.translifeline.org US: 877-565-8860 / Canada: 877-330-6366

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