Why We Fall for Monsters

A wild academic ride through monster romance! Sponsored by Ground News| Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/princessweekes From folk tales to the latest best-sellers and films, we're diving deep into the complex allure of otherworldly lovers. Table of Contents 00:00 Start! 01:35 Eros & Psyche -- Animal Bridegrooms 11:29 Loathy Ladies & Shapeshifting Maidens 22:17 The Sheik and the Other 32:50 Shape of Water 45:38 Ground News Ad 47:48 Credits Works Cited & Reading List: Aguirre, A. (n.d.). "Tentacles & Triathlons." Bugge, J. (2004). "Fertility Myth and Female Sovereignty in 'The Weddynge of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle'." The Chaucer Review. Díaz de Arce, L. (n.d.). "Rhapsody in Blue Bodies: Primitive Desire in Ruby Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarians." Interstellar Flight Magazine and Medium. Feinstein, S. (n.d.). "Longevity and the Loathly Ladies in Three Medieval Romances." Literator. Hull, E.M. (1919). "The Sheik." Jenkins, H. (n.d.). "It's not a fairy tale anymore: Gender, Genre, Beauty and the Beast." JSTOR. Lee, L. J. (n.d.). "Guilty Pleasures: Reading Romance Novels as Reworked Fairy Tales." JSTOR. The Oriental Beast, The Sheik and Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Journal of Popular Romance Studies. The Sheik. (n.d.). Wikipedia. "Desirable Futures: Romance." (2019). Disability, Literature, Genre: Representation and Affect in Contemporary Fiction. Videos Reference: (Part 2/2) || The Shape of Ableism: How We Restrict Disabled and Disfigured Stories The Princess and the Scrivener |    • (Part 2/2) || The Shape of Ableism: How We...   The Shape of Water: Falling In Love With Monsters (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | READUS 101|    • The Shape of Water: Falling In Love With M...   My Monster Boyfriend| Lindsay Ellis    • My Monster Boyfriend