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From classic horror to modern urban fantasy, media has a weird relationship with female lycanthropy. We are going to ask: Where are the Wolf Girls? Happy Halloween Mini

Works Cited

- Blood and Chocolate. Directed by Katja von Garnier, MGM, 2007.

- Briggs, Patricia. Moon Called. Ace Books, 2006.

- Ginger Snaps. Directed by John Fawcett, Copperheart Entertainment, 2000.

- Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed. Directed by Brett Sullivan, 49th Parallel Productions, 2004.

- “The Hair that Wasn’t There Before”: Demystifying Monstrosity and Menstruation in Ginger Snaps and Ginger Snaps Unleashed. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/25474753.

- The Howling. Directed by Joe Dante, Embassy Pictures, 1981.

- Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. Delacorte Press, 1997.

- Once Upon a Time. Created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, ABC, 2011–2018.

- The Originals. Created by Julie Plec, The CW, 2013–2018.

- Perrault, Charles. “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge.” Histoires ou contes du temps passé, 1697.

- “Red Hot Riding Hood.” Directed by Tex Avery, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943.

- Taylor, Tosha R. “The Wolf Man’s Daughter.” It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror, edited by Joe Vallese, Vintage, 2022.

- The Vampire Diaries. Created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, The CW, 2009–2017.

- “The Werewolf as Queer, the Queer as Werewolf, and Queer Werewolves.” Academia.edu, https://www.academia.edu/36845553/The_Werewolf_as_Queer_the_Queer_as_Werewolf_and_Queer_Werewolves.

- The Wolf Man. Directed by George Waggner, Universal Pictures, 1941.

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Where Are the She-Wolves?

From classic horror to modern urban fantasy, media has a weird relationship with female lycanthropy. We are going to ask: Where are the Wolf Girls? ## Works Cited - *Blood and Chocolate*. Directed by Katja von Garnier, MGM, 2007. - Briggs, Patricia. *Moon Called*. Ace Books, 2006. - *Ginger Snaps*. Directed by John Fawcett, Copperheart Entertainment, 2000. - *Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed*. Directed by Brett Sullivan, 49th Parallel Productions, 2004. - “The Hair that Wasn’t There Before”: Demystifying Monstrosity and Menstruation in *Ginger Snaps* and *Ginger Snaps Unleashed*. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/25474753. - *The Howling*. Directed by Joe Dante, Embassy Pictures, 1981. - Klause, Annette Curtis. *Blood and Chocolate*. Delacorte Press, 1997. - *Once Upon a Time*. Created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, ABC, 2011–2018. - *The Originals*. Created by Julie Plec, The CW, 2013–2018. - Perrault, Charles. “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge.” *Histoires ou contes du temps passé*, 1697. - “Red Hot Riding Hood.” Directed by Tex Avery, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943. - Taylor, Tosha R. “The Wolf Man’s Daughter.” *It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror*, edited by Joe Vallese, Vintage, 2022. - *The Vampire Diaries*. Created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, The CW, 2009–2017. - “The Werewolf as Queer, the Queer as Werewolf, and Queer Werewolves.” Academia.edu, https://www.academia.edu/36845553/The_Werewolf_as_Queer_the_Queer_as_Werewolf_and_Queer_Werewolves. - *The Wolf Man*. Directed by George Waggner, Universal Pictures, 1941.

Comments

og.monstr

Gods forbid a girl wants to glut once in awhile... 😆 Weretheres are prolly always going to be more niche. Apart from queer, furry and monsterfucker-communities, I doubt they're going to be accepted by mainstream audiences, esp. the more religious ones. And maybe that's okay. I just wish storytellers would stop perpetuating stigmas (however unintentional) surrounding menstruation and female power...

Aerlinnor

PMDD homies unite! Wonderful video as always. On a side note, I had an acquaintance while I was stuyding medieval history that was doing research on werewolf folklore and he said that some early forms of the werewolf in continental Europe were seen as protector figures. If I can find his paper, I'll drop the link.

Nora S

Bitten (SyFy, 2014-2017) centered on a female werewolf, but she exists as an exception within the world. It is based on Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. Initially, Elena is the only female werewolf to exist in that world. Netflix's The Order also features a couple women as werewolves. The Kitty Norville series centers a werewolf woman. True Blood does feature Debbie Pelt as a werewolf, whereas the novels have her as a werefox. Relating to bodily autonomy, there seem to be fertility issues associated with the werewolf woman in at least some urban fantasy. With both Bitten and Kitty Norville, the transformation is associated with assault. In Patricia Brigg's universe, the hierarchy explicitly disadvantages women who are werewolves. While men have the freedom to leave the pack, women are rarer and so don't seem to have the same options. Also, I always recommend Martin Millar's Lonely Werewolf Girl and the rest of that series! That world seems to feature a less male dominated world of werewolves compared to the others mentioned.

Renee

Just finished watching The Boy Who Cried Werewolf ft. Victoria Justice as a wolf girl. And while I wouldn’t recommend, it’s definitely interesting re: werewolf relationships with vampires, heroism, girl villains, beauty standards, and who has the capacity for and/or right to be a werewolf.

nationalgoodboy

I genuinely teared up at the mention 🥲 I've always compared werewolves to my PMDD, so hearing others make that comparison is so nice on my brain ❤️