wednesdaydreams: wednesdaydreams: Hell is a teenage girl. The girls in these h
The girls in these horror films could be a representation of the paranoid patriarchal fears of one of the most vulnerable groups in society, they could be a subversion of the age old tropes of teenage girls being the damsels in distress, the victims, the sexually objectified playthings for the male characters onscreen, they could be simply a representation of the metaphorical hell that teenage girls go through from bullying (Carrie) to puberty and menstrual cycles (Ginger Snaps), toxic friendships (The Craft, Jennifer’s Body), sexual frustration and angst, or they could be a way of taking revenge for the way teenage girls’ sexuality are turned against them in the way that Hard Candy, Teeth and All Cheerleaders Die explore the rape and revenge trope. If hell is a teenage girl, then society as a whole has made her that way.
Happy Halloween! I’ve written an entire piece about this trope: read the full article here
Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:47:28
