Are you Queer for Fear? (with Dr. Heather Petrocelli)

The theme for this season is LESBIAN CHAOSSS, and what better way to kick things off than a deep, dark dive into horror. We're joined by our beloved Dr. Horror Dyke (a.k.a. Heather Petrocelli) to talk about their brand new book Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator. Highlights include: 😌 Queers currently have the crown for the largest empirical study in horror studies ❤️‍🔥 How the book came to be 💥 Horror is queer 🔥 FILM IS QUEER 🚀 Why writing an academic book was important ⛰️ Discussing some of the great (and not so great) research that came before it 💞 The importance of queer community 🍿 The live cinema experience 💅🏽 Horror and camp Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CIFdcbLdXEdp-XWIPQs3p5gfBzmxDy5iHTE_t7dcNlE/edit?usp=drive_link Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator (US hardcover pre-order) https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/Q/bo208655516.html (UK ebook available now, hardcover pre-order) https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/queer-for-fear/ Note: the ebook is also available through Kobo, Amazon, and other ebook sellers. Queer for Fear cover art print: https://buyolympia.com/Item/amie-pascal-queer-for-fear-print Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Noire-History-Black/dp/B07NDQLVS7