My Monster Boyfriend

Some have called The Shape of Water ... gimmicky, shall we say, but the desire to get down and dirty with monsters is (wait for it) a tale as old as time. Featuring special guest La'Ron Readus:    / readus101   Twitter: @thelindsayellis   / lindsayellis   Sources and further reading: Davis, Lauren. "Why Is Monster Erotica So Popular Anyway?" Io9. N.p., 31 Mar. 2014. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-is-monste... Dee. "Review: The Ancient Magus' Bride – Episode 1." Anime Feminist. N.p., 08 Oct. 2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. http://www.animefeminist.com/review-a... Lipstein, Andrew. "'Cum For Bigfoot': The Rise, Fall, and Future of Monster Erotica." Vice. N.p., 15 Mar. 2015. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yv... Stampler, Laura. "Amazon Is at War with Monster Erotica." Time. Time, 23 Dec. 2013. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/23/a... Valentine, Genevieve. "Tale As Old As Time: The Dark Appeal of 'Beauty And The Beast'."NPR. NPR, 26 Mar. 2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. https://www.npr.org/2017/03/26/515434... Faircloth, Kelly. "'Beauty and the Beast' Comes From a Long Line of Stories About Women Hooking Up With Animals." Pictorial. Pictorial.jezebel.com, 28 Mar. 2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. https://pictorial.jezebel.com/beauty-... Gonder, Patrick. "Race, Gender and Terror: The Primitive in 1950s Horror Films." University of Colorado Boulder. 02 Feb. 2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. https://www.colorado.edu/gendersarchi... Donaldson, Kayleigh. "Stupid Sexy Monsters: Why We like Beastly Romances." Syfy. SYFY WIRE, 25 Oct. 2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/stupid-s... Painter, Ryan. "Empathy for the Other: Guillermo Del Toro Talks 'The Shape of Water'." KUTV. 10 Dec. 2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. http://kutv.com/news/entertainment/em... Lambie, Ryan. "Guillermo Del Toro Interview: The Shape Of Water, Shame and Perversity." Den of Geek. 13 Feb. 2018. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/gu... "Interview De Koré Yamazaki (The Ancient Magus Bride)." Manga News. 22 Jan. 2016. Web. 28 Feb. 2018. https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/... Rony, Fatimah Tobing. The Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1996. Wiegman, Robyn. American Anatomies: Theorizing Race and Gender. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1995. Tatar, Maria. Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales about Animal Brides and Grooms from around the World. Penguin Books, 2017. “Preface.” "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus" (1831 Ed.), by Mary Shelley, Longman, 1831.