Ep. 90: MIDSOMMAR (2019) - Pagan Poetry

It's the season 9 finale! This week your favorite ghouls are discussing Ari Aster's sophomore film, Midsommar! We're officially on maternity leave! We'll be returning in a few months! Stay tuned! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/donate/ Stop Asian Hate: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ --- Resources: Midsommar has a deeply trans narrative hiding in plain sight By Emily VanDerWerff https://www.vox.com/culture/21307689/midsommar-trans-review-ending-spoilers Blood and Tears and Potions and Flame: Excesses of Transformation in Ari Aster’s Midsommar By Sandra Huber https://framescinemajournal.com/article/blood-and-tears-and-potions-and-flame-excesses-of-transformation-in-ari-asters-midsommar/ Monstrous Womanhood and the Unapologetic Feminism of ‘Midsommar’ by Caitlin Kennedy https://screen-queens.com/2019/07/13/monstrous-womanhood-and-the-unapologetic-feminism-of-midsommar/ How Midsommar Brainwashes You by Acolytes of Horror https://youtu.be/gr2j0o_B2mw Is Midsommar a Feminist Fable? https://www.varsity.co.uk/film-and-tv/18054 Midsommar is the Perfect of Recapitulation of Female Rage by Alexandra Tsuneta https://medium.com/v-a-l-l-e-y/midsommar-is-the-perfect-recapitulation-of-female-rage-cf7b22d3e8eb Midsommar Is Queer and Camp, Actually by Juan Barquin https://dimthehouselights.com/2019/07/midsommar-is-queer-and-camp-actually/ Midsommar, Orgasm, and the Terrifying Feminine by Savina Petkova https://www.girlsontopstees.com/read-me/2019/8/15/midsommar-orgasm-and-the-terrifying-feminine Midsommar’s “Happy” Ending, Explained by The Take https://the-take.com/watch/midsommars-happy-ending-explained Midsommar Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsommar Ari Aster on Midsommar, Cathartic Endings, the Director's Cut, and His Favorite Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGaPTdno10 Ari Aster Discusses the Director's Cut of Midsommar | Scary Movies XII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uXyRg9iAEs Midsommar’s eerie paintings by Karen Han https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/18/20696442/midsommar-paintings-art-spoilers-a24 . 'Midsommar': Study of grief in psychedelic folk horror story by REYZANDO NAWARA https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/09/16/midsommar-study-of-grief-in-psychedelic-folk-horror-story.html Divine Absence in Horror Films by Nick Ripatrazone https://imagejournal.org/article/god-alone-divine-absence-in-horror-films/ The Architecture of Horror: Space, Light, and Atmosphere in Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar by Raymond De Luca https://brightlightsfilm.com/the-architecture-of-horror-space-light-and-atmosphere-in-ari-asters-hereditary-and-midsommar/#.YKKB73dKiu4 https://www.reddit.com/r/Midsommar/comments/cfaxxg/birthday_significance/ The Scariest Part Of ‘Midsommar’ That Nobody’s Talking About by Ali Hinnman https://thoughtcatalog.com/ali-hinman/2020/02/the-scariest-part-of-midsommar-that-nobodys-talking-about/ The many meanings of bears in Christian art by Daniel Esparza https://aleteia.org/2019/10/30/the-many-meanings-of-bears-in-christian-art/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uthark_theory https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thrillist.com/amphtml/entertainment/nation/midsommar-is-harga-real https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/cz82f2/did_anybody_else_feel_the_director_cut_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Midsommar/comments/btxywc/the_hårga_song/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228759479_Fungi_Folkways_and_Fairy_Tales_Mushrooms_Mildews_in_Stories_Remedies_Rituals_from_Oberon_to_the_Internet