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Get ready ladies, we're headed to the lighthouse! This week your favorite ghouls get all science-y and metaphorical while discussing Alex Garland's Annihilation! Topics of discussion: Epigenetics, trauma & metaphor, Virginia Woolf, and Mitosis and Meiosis!\n\n----\n\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme songs! www.lilythecomposer.com\n\nMake sure you get some delicious coffee from our sponsors: www.recesscoffee.com\n\nThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-by-rebecca-skloot/247865/#isbn=1400052181&idiq=3907247\n\nTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Virginia-Woolf/dp/0156907399/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RGQ9KL7PLCC&keywords=to+the+lighthouse+by+virginia+woolf&qid=1564432489&s=books&sprefix=To+the+Light%2Caps%2C140&sr=1-1\n\n----\n\nResources:\n\nAnnihilation (2018) Dir. Alex Garland\n\nANNIHILATION Review by ALY CAVINESS\nhttps://midwestfilmjournal.com/2018/02/23/annihilation/ \n\nAnnihilation by Brian Tellerico\nhttps://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/annihilation-2018 \n\nIs Annihilation the first true film of the Anthropocene era? By LEWIS GORDON\nhttps://lwlies.com/articles/annihilation-alex-garland-anthropocene-era/ \n\nAnnihilation: Depression, Destruction and Transformation by David Carter\nhttps://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2018/03/19/annihilation-depression-destruction-and-transformation/ \n\nWhat Makes 'Annihilation' a Different Type of Female-Driven Movie by Josh Spiegel\nhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/annihilation-is-a-type-female-driven-movie-1088087 \n\n'Annihilation' Shows It's Possible To Cast All Women In A Movie Without Making A Big Deal About It By CASEY CIPRIAN https://www.bustle.com/p/annihilation-shows-its-possible-to-cast-all-women-in-a-movie-without-making-a-big-deal-about-it-8305792 \n\n\u2018Annihilation\u2019 Is Proof That Women-Led Sci-Fi Is Better by MICHAEL SUN\nhttps://junkee.com/annihilation-sci-fi-women/150995 \n\nHow Annihilation broke the rules by Helen Lewis\nhttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2018/03/how-annihilation-broke-rules \n\nANNIHILATION AND THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN GENRE FILMS by CAITLIN BUSCH\nhttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/annihilation-and-the-hard-truth-about-women-scientists-in-genre-films \n\nAnnihilation Is the Latest Example of How Women Are Taking Over Science-Fiction Movies By BROGAN MORRIS\nhttps://slate.com/culture/2018/02/annihilation-leads-a-new-wave-of-sci-fi-movies-about-women.html \n\nAnnihilation Review by Brian Eggert \nhttps://deepfocusreview.com/reviews/annihilation/ \n\nSCIENCE BEHIND THE FICTION: ANNIHILATION by Cassidy Ward\nhttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/science-behind-the-fiction-annihilation \n\nThe Symbolic Annihilation of Women by the Mass Media by Gaye Tuchman\nhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-62397-6_9 \n\nAnnihilation: Alex Garland\u2019s Bad Trip Through Dis-ease and Over-Reproduction by KIM NICOLINI\nhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/02/annihilation-alex-garlands-bad-trip-through-dis-ease-and-over-reproduction/ \n\nThe Queer Future of "Annihilation"\nhttps://www.ladyscience.com/blog/queer-future-of-annihilation \n\nIs the future female? Fixing sci-fi\u2019s women problem\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/29/is-the-future-female-fixing-sci-fis-women-problem \n\nHow Genes Work\nhttps://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/howgeneswork/cellsdivide\n\nThe Real Science Behind The Fiction\nhttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/science-behind-the-fiction-annihilation\n\nEpigenetics and the Environment: How Lifestyle Can Influence Epigenetic Change from One Generation to the Next\nhttps://www.whatisepigenetics.com/fundamentals/