Monsters🤝queer community. But have you ever wondered why this is the case? Why is the story of Frankenstein and its origins brimming with so much queerness? And were its origins really concocted on a spooky summer writer's retreat filled with queer (and incesty?) love triangles?! Don't worry, bi babes we get into ALL of that on today's ep.
Joined by poet James Fujinami Moore, we examine the bi-coded themes in Mary Shelley's titan work of gothic horror, "Frankenstein," including the many film adaptations it's spawned, including James Whale's seminal Frankenstein (1931) and its sequel Bride of Frankenstein (1935), along with Guillermo del Toro's recent 2025 adaptation. We dive into Jacob Elordi's performance as Frankenstein's monster, Victor Frankenstein's mommy and daddy issues, and of course, those queer literary bacchanals in Lake Geneva. Get ready to traverse the world from Switzerland to England, and all the way to the North Pole as Professor Daddy James takes us on a literary, cinematic journey of monster theory. 🧟♂️
