20 Years of In The Cut, Women as Currency and Demon Boyfriends

Hey dolls,

Happy Thursday – the week’s almost over and the autumn is setting in nicely. We’ve had a fun week over on the Dollhouse, with two new podcast eps – one from Gina and Ione (Opens in a new window) about gossip and another from MJ and Marie (Opens in a new window) about the Kardashians and their PR moves. Writing-wise, we’ve got everything from an interview with filmmaker Shirin Neshat to a look at In the Cut 20 years later…

Shirin Neshat on Female Imprisonment, Generational PTSD and Seduction for Survival (Opens in a new window)

Arijana Zeric speaks to filmmaker Shirin Neshat about her installation and exhibition The Fury, currently showing in London.

Culture Slut: Demon Boyfriends, Fulfilling Relationships and Summoning Love (Opens in a new window)

For spooky season, our culture editor Misha M-N considers the demon boyfriend and his enduring role across culture.

(Re) Orientating the Industry: Pioneering East and Southeast Asian Representations in Music (Opens in a new window)

Tiger Hagino Reid writes about her (Re) Orientated initiative, which seeks to provide power in togetherness to east and southeast Asian people in the music industry.

“How Many Ladies Have to Die to Make It Good?” Surviving the Patriarchal Surveillance State of ‘In The Cut’ (Opens in a new window)

Megan Robinson considers the impact of Jane Campion’s In the Cut adaptation 20 years on, with specific emphasis on the way Meg Ryan’s Frannie is watched throughout the film.

The Girl Is a Living Currency: How Womanhood Has Always Been Its Own Economy (Opens in a new window)

“Women have always traded on invisible work for invisible money,” writes Rachel O’Dwyer in this essay about women, cash and the internet.

See ya next week!

XOXO,

The Polyester Team <3