As much as I wanted Season 4 of NBC Hannibal, I was terrified about how the character of “Buffalo Bill” would be treated–I can’t conceive of a way to use that character without transphobia. Best case scenario, the showrunners could have just removed the whole “woman suit” aspect and made it a people suit, gender removed from the equation. (Or, just vacation in Rio with Will and Hannibal. Forever.) (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Silence of the Lambs’
Feminist Halloween 2016, Day 9: “My Auntie Buffalo Bill” by Jos Truit
Posted in Feminist Halloween, Gender, Media, Uncategorized, tagged Jos Truit, Silence of the Lambs, transgender, transphobia on 2016/10/09| 3 Comments »
Feminist Halloween, Day 9: Clarice Starling and Ardelia Mapp
Posted in Feminist Halloween, tagged Hannibal, horror, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs on 2015/10/09| Leave a Comment »
Darling readers, NBC’s Hannibal (or should I say, “Haaaaanibal”?) has ended (for now). In preparation for season 3, I read Silence of the Lambs for the first time.* I have to say that Clarice has grown on me, and I’ve discovered the amazingness that is Ardelia Mapp.
(more…)Feminist Halloween, Day 11: Transphobia in Horror
Posted in Gender, Halloween, Media, tagged queerphobia, Silence of the Lambs, transphobia on 2014/10/13| 2 Comments »
While I was rewatching Silence of the Lambs (1991) for my post on NBC Hannibal, I realized I had forgotten about the transphobia in the film. (Or, rather, it was one of many things I didn’t really get when I was in high school and saw it for the first time.)
Major spoilers for Silence of the Lambs. Content warning for discussions of transphobia, transmisogyny, and queerphobia in horror films.