This week on Tender Subject, we are joined by comedian Jake Flores and writer J †Johnson to talk Frankenstein. We dissect the book and the 2025 film through queer and Marxist theory and get into why the film often let us down.
Media referenced:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by J Halberstam
Capitalism: A Horror Story by Jon Greenaway
J †Johnson is the co-editor of Cul de Sac of Blood, a horror poetics journal and the author of two books with Punctum Books. Their forthcoming book, Janky Materiality will also be published by Punctum.
Jake is the co-host of Pod Damn America, Why You Mad and The Preacher and The Slave. He’s also a standup! Follow him on insta for dates.
Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here.
