Poor Things

Episode 15 of the Dystopian Fiction Has Been Moved to Current Affairs podcast, hosted by Clare Coombe, titled "Poor Things" was published on April 7, 2024 and runs 91 minutes.

April 7, 2024 ·91m · Dystopian Fiction Has Been Moved to Current Affairs

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Summary

In Episode 15 of Dystopian Fiction Has Been Moved to Current Affairs, Clare and Masha are discussing Oscar-winning film Poor Things, which we absolutely loved. Content Warning: suicide, sexual content, FGM Themes in this episode include: brain transplants, animal and human testing, and medical ethics the legacy of Frankenstein, Gothic literature, and monstrosity identity, social mores, nature vs nurture, and growing up issues of sexuality, especially women's sexuality, and its depiction on screen childhood, curiosity, and consent women in STEM, intellectual development, naivety, and privilege the depiction of sex-work, misogyny, and the male gaze. In this episode we reference a couple of the many reviews of the film, which you can find here and here. If you enjoyed this episode, please do rate and review it. You can find out what's coming up on our Podbean website, subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter, donate via our sister project on Ko-Fi, and follow us on Instagram.

Episode Description

In Episode 15 of Dystopian Fiction Has Been Moved to Current Affairs, Clare and Masha are discussing Oscar-winning film Poor Things, which we absolutely loved.

Content Warning: suicide, sexual content, FGM

Themes in this episode include:

brain transplants, animal and human testing, and medical ethics
the legacy of Frankenstein, Gothic literature, and monstrosity
identity, social mores, nature vs nurture, and growing up
issues of sexuality, especially women's sexuality, and its depiction on screen
childhood, curiosity, and consent
women in STEM, intellectual development, naivety, and privilege
the depiction of sex-work, misogyny, and the male gaze.

In this episode we reference a couple of the many reviews of the film, which you can find here and here.

If you enjoyed this episode, please do rate and review it. You can find out what's coming up on our Podbean website, subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter, donate via our sister project on Ko-Fi, and follow us on Instagram.