Feminist Deconstruction Before 10am

Jennifer's Body. Hysterical. And I mean that with all the connotations involved. There's Gaia themes, animals, choric spaces, vagina dentata and Megan Fox. (I can't help it, ok? She's a cheeseburger. Like Twilight) And all of this under the guise of a feminist story forced through a masculinist gaze. This movie has a lot in it. Even setting up parallel explorations of sexual  experience: positive, consensual, affirming and consuming, rape.

Actually, consumption is a major them, which I suppose you'd expect in a film about female sexuality.  Language describes desire in terms of edibility ("he's salty"), even the exploration of lesbian sexuality is focused on the mouth (kissing). From here it's going to get a little abstract, because I'm jotting down impressions. (Also, does Megan Fox look like Shannan Doherty lite?)

The focus on women's voices "You don't need to talk" "Just let me finish" "does one of you guys have something to shut her up with?" Crying as inarticulate, pre-speech. Ritual and poetry defying conventions of speech.

Phallic knife and requirement of a virgin. So what happens when the phallus penetrates a non virgin? Well, she becomes a man-eating, vagina monster who animals like. End fight scene with knife "you know what this is for? it's for cutting boxes". Really, really like.

The role of mothers, as protectors, as grievers and as possesors of choric space. The role of lovers as mothers (Cixous).

Forests and choric spaces, the bottemless whorlpool/labyrinth of the Devil's Kettle.

Makeup/the illusion of sexual arousal/mud/warpaint.

Also, why do school libraries in the US have such amazing collections on Occult traditions. I'd've thought that they'd be on the banned book list.

Even the little girl (fellating an iceypole and sitting, legs akimbo) is admonished by her mother for inadvertant feminine sexuality ("nobody wants to see your kiki"). 

There's totally an inverted Little Red Riding Hood story in here (of course, there always is.)
There's also a commentary on masculine sexual performance, and fidelity (whether to an idea, a friend or a partner). Sleeping beauty imagery. BFF heart necklace talisman links the two women

And omigod the discussion about teenage girl relationships.

Circular temporality in storytelling. From end to

Ending to Hole singing "go on". 

There's a paper in this... Hello Prague conference.