She's Kind of a Monster

Published: March 3, 2020, 2 p.m.

b'We talk about the series Killing Eve, the way women murderers are portrayed as monsters, how Villanelle uses femininity as a mask, and what representations of violence reveal about society\\u2019s preconceptions. Season 1 and 2 spoilers abound! \\n\\nCited in this episode: \\n\\nCox, Lara. \\u201cMisogyny, Maids, and Murderesses: Toward a Feminist Reappraisal of Jean Genet\'s \\u2018Les Bonnes\\u2019.\\u201d Theatre Journal. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24580307\\n\\nGilbert, Paula Ruth. \\u201cViolence and the Female Imagination: Quebec\'s Women Writers Re-Frame Gender in North American Cultures.\\u201d French, Canadian, and Women\'s Studies at George Mason University/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt80g9h\\n\\nNussbaum, Emily. \\u201cChick Magnets on \\u2018Gentleman Jack\\u2019 and \\u2018Killing Eve.\\u201d The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/chick-magnets-on-gentleman-jack-and-killing-eve\\n\\nAdditional reading/listening: \\n\\nAdler, Natalie. \\u201cSeason 2 Of \\u2018Killing Eve\\u2019 Killed The Queer Subtext, And All The Fun Along With It.\\u201d BuzzFeed News. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/natalieadler/killing-eve-season-2-sandra-oh-jodie-comer-queer-subtext\\n\\nCrouse, Lindsay. "My Ex-Boyfriend\\u2019s New Girlfriend Is Lady Gaga." The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/opinion/sunday/lady-gaga-boyfriend.html\\n\\nGutowitz, Jill. \\u201cKilling Eve\'s Queer Storyline Is Looking More and More Like a Marketing Ploy.\\u201d Vice. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3nw9x/fans-accuse-killing-eve-sandra-oh-of-queerbaiting-after-season-2-finale\\n\\nPop Culture Happy Hour. "\'Birds of Prey\' Takes Flight." https://www.npr.org/2020/02/13/805620651/birds-of-prey-takes-flight\\n\\n\\nThe music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal freemusicarchive.org/music/Portraya\\u2026l_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'