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…8 min read·Nov 6, 2023----
Sarah Wagoner‘You Don’t Fucking Know Me’: Unraveling Erotic Autonomy in Patty Jenkins’ ‘Monster’Tw // rape, child sexual abuse5 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·May 10, 2023----
Sarah WagonerNot Just For Girls: Queer Reconsideration of the Final Girl TheoryCarol J. Clover’s Final Girl10 min read·May 8, 2023----
Sarah WagonerScrambled Thoughts on ‘Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!’ and the Intersection of Queer and Crip TheoryThis week, I have been researching Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! for an NC-17 documentary I am working on. The film is by Pedro Almodovar, a…3 min read·Apr 16, 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…4 min read·Apr 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.6 min read·Feb 17, 2023----
Sarah WagonerDon’t Trust Your Eye: Subversion of the Male Gaze in Meir Zarchi’s ‘I Spit on Your Grave’ (Revised…Introduction33 min read·Jan 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…7 min read·Nov 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.7 min read·Oct 31, 2022----