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How Horror Movies and Women’s Rights Have Been ‘in Lockstep’ Since the 1970s

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 1h

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Nora Biette-Timmons @biettetimmons.bsky.social · 6h

“Even from the most hardcore, pro-life standpoint, you cannot root for Rosemary to keep that pregnancy."

Loved this interview from @scarletteharris.bsky.social: www.jezebel.com/horror-movie...

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How Horror Movies and Women’s Rights Have Been ‘in Lockstep’ Since the 1970s

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 9h

"I realized that I wasn’t just talking about reproductive control, I was talking about coercive control." www.jezebel.com/horror-movie... via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

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How Horror Movies and Women’s Rights Have Been ‘in Lockstep’ Since the 1970s

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 14h

"Domestic horror is a genre label that I devised to describe horror films in which the nature of the horror may be supernatural in part, but it has to do with a[n empathetic] female protagonist... who is trapped in the domestic space and is unable to leave" www.jezebel.com/horror-movie...

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How Horror Movies and Women’s Rights Have Been ‘in Lockstep’ Since the 1970s

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 16h

"The surprising part was when I started thinking about the aftermath of the 70s, with both horror & women’s rights in lockstep with each other. I realized that we’re in another uptick where horror is taking an acutely feminist stance" www.jezebel.com/horror-movie... via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

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How Horror Movies and Women’s Rights Have Been ‘in Lockstep’ Since the 1970s

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 18h

"I read Rosemary’s Baby as a parable of denying women repro agency; you cannot root for Rosemary to keep that pregnancy, because she’s literally pregnant with the antichrist, so if you continue the pregnancy, you’re going against God" www.jezebel.com/horror-movie... via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

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Deaths of Hip-Hop Artists Reveal the Alarming State of Black Men’s Health

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 19h

Neo-soul singer D’Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young capitalbnews.org/deaths-of-hi... via @margosnipe.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social

Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 20h

It's a brave new world!

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 20h

A Tupac Shakur Biographer Goes Looking For Brenda's Baby www.gq.com/story/a-tupa... via @jeffpearlman.bsky.social @gqmagazine.bsky.social

A Tupac Shakur Biographer Goes Looking For Brenda's Baby

Jeff Pearlman's forthcoming book Only God Can Judge Me, the product of “obsessive” reporting and over 650 interviews, sheds new light on the life and death of rapper Tupac Shakur, who remains one of t...

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 20h

My mum took her prescription weed on a plane to QLD and didn't have a problem. Just have your prescription on you

How Horror Movies and Women’s Rights Have Been ‘in Lockstep’ Since the 1970s

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 21h

The idea for this book came to Johnson when she delivered a lecture on Rosemary's Baby the day before Roe V. Wade was overturned. “I thought to myself, there’s something here that’s larger than just a lecture” www.jezebel.com/horror-movie... via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 23h

Ahh, well happy early pub day!

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 1d

Happy pub day to @judedoyle.bsky.social and @arabellesicardi.bsky.social!

How Horror Movies and Women’s Rights Have Been ‘in Lockstep’ Since the 1970s

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Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Heartbreaking: Neo-soul legends Angie Stone and D’Angelo both passed away in 2025, just 7 months apart. Stone died in March at 63. D’Angelo died today at 51. They shared a son together. An entire generation’s soundtrack, gone. Rest in power to both 🕊️💔

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 1d

I had a really great interview with Eleanor Johnson about her new book. If you're a horror/feminism fan, definitely pick this up! www.jezebel.com/horror-movie... via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

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Stephen Colbert’s Memorable Appearance on 'Elsbeth'

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 1d

"'[Late night is a] hostile work environment but we are all so grateful to have a job,' one comedy writer says in what might be the most prescient line of all." time.com/7325127/elsb... via @time.com

Stephen Colbert plays a late night host who winds up killed in the season 3 premiere of 'Elsbeth'

Stephen Colbert’s Memorable Appearance on 'Elsbeth'

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 2d

I did!

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 2d

“It looks like your writers have the biggest balls in the world to have me on and murder me. Do it twice in one week—I’m fine!”—Stephen Colbert time.com/7325127/elsb... via @time.com

Stephen Colbert plays a late night host who winds up killed in the season 3 premiere of 'Elsbeth'

Stephen Colbert’s Memorable Appearance on 'Elsbeth'

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 2d

"If Colbert’s cancellation was qualified as a 'financial decision,' Kimmel’s suspension made it clear that a troubling precedent was being set for political censorship." time.com/7325127/elsb... via @time.com

Stephen Colbert plays a late night host who winds up killed in the season 3 premiere of 'Elsbeth'

Stephen Colbert’s Memorable Appearance on 'Elsbeth'

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 2d

Book 158: Women vs. Hollywood by @helenlohara.bsky.social

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Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 2d

"In further late night commotion, in the aftermath of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, late night host Jimmy Kimmel had his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, suspended for six days after commentating on Kirk’s death." time.com/7325127/elsb... via @time.com

Stephen Colbert plays a late night host who winds up killed in the season 3 premiere of 'Elsbeth'

Stephen Colbert’s Memorable Appearance on 'Elsbeth'

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 2d

"The well-timed episode of #Elsbeth comes three months after it was announced that The Late Show would end with its current season, concluding in May 2026." time.com/7325127/elsb... via @time.com

Stephen Colbert plays a late night host who winds up killed in the season 3 premiere of 'Elsbeth'

Stephen Colbert’s Memorable Appearance on 'Elsbeth'

Final Girlboss @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the Robert & Michelle King universe's uncanny habit for predicting the future, this time the late night controversy with Stephen Colbert's appearance on #Elsbeth time.com/7325127/elsb... via @time.com

Stephen Colbert plays a late night host who winds up killed in the season 3 premiere of 'Elsbeth'