The Substance of Promising Young Women: Feminism, The Gothic, and Biblical Imagery

Hosts Dana Vespoli and Shannon Rogers discuss the films The Substance and Promising Young Woman, exploring themes of feminism, The Gothic, biblical imagery, and the social pressures faced by women as they age.  Links: The Substance IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/ Promising Young Woman IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1 Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol Clover: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691166292/men-women-and-chain-saws Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman M.D. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/judith-lewis-herman-md/trauma-and-recovery/9780465061716/?lens=basic-books