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Monstrous Feminine

  • The Brides of Dracula

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the third day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am discussing the Brides of Dracula!    Now, the Brides of Dracula do not appear much in the original novel or have a lot of screen time in many…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘Possession’ (1981)

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be reviewing and analyzing, as well as unpacking the sexuality and the taboos present in the horror film Possession from 1981!   So, like most of my film reviews, I will be discussing the whole film and plot points, so…

  • Jenny Greenteeth, Grindylows, and Nessie: Watery Monsters

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be discussing some Watery Monsters from Celtic folklore.   This post is a bit of a companion piece to last week’s post about Water Horses of Celtic folklore, which also often appear as truly monstrous.   Other than that, the…

  • ‘Greenteeth’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing my review of the novel Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill.   This is a new fantasy novel, just published earlier this year, and even better, this is a debut novel!   I am a huge fan of finding new authors…

  • Dark Feminine Energy: Embrace the Vampire and Siren for Samhain Season!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings!   Today’s post is all about embracing the Darker Siren energy for Samhain.   We can embrace the Dark Feminine Energy of Sirens, Vampires, and even Succubi to enhance the power of the Feminine within each of us!   I will go over each of these…

  • My Top 10 Favorite Female Horror Characters!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is going to be a fun countdown of my current favorite Female Horror Characters.   Now, I want to clarify that this is not a list of favorite final girls, as in making the list I was more focused on favorite female characters…

  • The Monstrous Feminine, Female Rage Icons!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Monstrous Feminine Figures as Female Rage Icons.   Instead of focusing on specific horror films in this post, as I have in the past when discussing the Monstrous Feminine, I will be looking at different Monstrous Feminine…

  • The Monstrous Feminine & Female Body Horror Films

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about how body horror in films and the monstrous feminine are related.    In particular, I want to focus on why feminine body horror can be seen to mirror anxieties over the female body as something unknown and fears…

  • Medusa, Embracing the Dark Feminine

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is another post about Medusa, Gorgon, Goddess, and Dark Feminine Icon!   In particular, with this post, I want to focus on Medusa as a figure to embrace when working with the Dark Goddess and Dark Feminine energy in general.…

  • Caroline Forbes, Vampire Barbie

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is all about my favorite character from my favorite show of my teen years, Caroline Forbes from The Vampire Diaries.   Caroline begins the series as the perfectionistic and slightly annoying friend of Elena and Bonnie.    However, she quickly…