Tag: The Monster & The Child
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH: Chapters 33-34
Part IV: Anastasis Chapter 33 Many people believe that instinct gives us only two choices: fight or flight. They are wrong. There is a third option, a useless impulse, but no less powerful. It was this instinct I obeyed as I stared at the hand on the gun. Freeze. Dr. Topher took a step towards…
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TRANSCRIPT: Monstrous Teen Girls: Peers and Periods in Carrie and Jennifer’s Body
INTRODUCTION Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and today we are talking about one of my very favorite topics: the monstrous teen girl. We’ll be discussing Carrie, both the 1974 novel and the 1976 film, as well as Jennifer’s…
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH, Chapters 25-27
Chapter 25 By the time I got home, I had five more messages from Leela. I stared at the notifications without opening them. She’d already decided she couldn’t look at her mother. Was she wrong? What would they talk about? Would she tell her about me? And what would she say if she did? Leela…
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TRANSCRIPT: Launching Youth Monsterology and Monster Book Clubs!
Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and I am thrilled to announce that the pilot program of Youth Monsterology is full steam ahead and ready for enrollment – as are both teen and adult monster book clubs! So if…
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TRANSCRIPT: Strangers and/or Dangers: Monstrous Adults in Weapons, The Black Phone, and The Night of the Hunter
INTRODUCTION Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and today we are talking about monster stories, stranger danger, and the categories of trustworthy and untrustworthy adults. The films that we’ll be discussing are Weapons from 2025, The Black Phone from…
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TRANSCRIPT: Bad Dads, Monster Sons: Del Toro’s Frankenstein and Disney’s Hunchback(s)
INTRODUCTION Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and today I am finally talking about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, about six months late. I do have a video where I talk about the original novel, along with the films The…
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TRANSCRIPT: Youth Monsterology Fundraising Launch: Great Monster-y Rewards for Donors!
Campaign is here: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/the-monster-and-the-child/youth-monsterology-book-club-and-mentorship/rewards Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and this is my Indiegogo launch video! I am so excited to be launching this fundraiser – my first fundraiser – for Youth Monsterology, my program of book…
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TRANSCRIPT: The Child Psychopath Film and Why I Don’t Like It
Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and this video is all about the narrative of the child psychopath. That’s right, our monsters are purely metaphorical today, but I think you will see that this figure is treated as…
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH, Chapters 14-15
Chapter 14 I swore to myself I wouldn’t use the mud again, but the next morning, it hardly mattered. My burns had completed more than a week’s worth of healing overnight. I felt dirtier after my shower than I did before, even as my skin delighted in the water’s soothing touch instead of flinching away.…
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