Sarah WagonerSomehow, Ash is Back: How Rook Ruins ‘Alien: Romulus’In 1977, Ridley Scott was ready to make his next feature film prior to the festival debut of The Duellists. Initially, he planned to make…Sep 251Sep 251
Sarah Wagoner‘You Must Accept the Situation’: Artificial Patriarchy Through Artificial Pregnancy in Donald…The cisheteronormative framing of pregnancy relies on the assumption that natural pregnancy comes out of the heterosexual social contract…Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Sarah Wagoner‘You Don’t Fucking Know Me’: Unraveling Erotic Autonomy in Patty Jenkins’ ‘Monster’Tw // rape, child sexual abuseAug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023
Sarah Wagoner‘Let Me Taste You’: Lesbian VampirismLesbian vampirism was a common trope used to get around homophobic censors. It did not start with the Hays Code, as vampire fiction itself…May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
Sarah WagonerNot Just For Girls: Queer Reconsideration of the Final Girl TheoryCarol J. Clover’s Final GirlMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Sarah Wagoner‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields’ Adds Dimensions to the Exploited Starlet ArchetypePretty Baby: Brooke Shields utilizes the cultural image of Brooke Shields to question the usage of the Lolita figure in popular culture. By…Apr 3, 2023Apr 3, 2023
Sarah Wagoner‘Knock at the Cabin’ Speaks to the Queer, Christian Anarchist ExperienceNote: The following piece includes spoilers for Knock at the Cabin and discusses queerbashing and suicide.Feb 17, 2023Feb 17, 2023
Sarah WagonerDon’t Trust Your Eye: Subversion of the Male Gaze in Meir Zarchi’s ‘I Spit on Your Grave’ (Revised…IntroductionJan 17, 2023Jan 17, 2023
Sarah Wagoner‘He’s White?’: The Calculated Risk and Reward of Rhetorical Crossover in Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’Along with the larger American public’s social consciousness of Black issues comes a concerted effort to reconsider the crossover of Black…Nov 20, 2022Nov 20, 2022
Sarah WagonerBlack Roses Can Wilt: Reinforcing White Feminism with Faux Intersectionality in Don’t Worry DarlingNote: This essay includes spoilers for Don’t Worry Darling. It includes discussion of death by suicide.Oct 31, 2022Oct 31, 2022