First Girls to Go

First Girls to Go

A Black woman and Latina analyzing the most twisted genre of film, horror. Join us in our deep dives into social justice through the frights and thrills of horror.

Episodes

  1. 11/16/2021

    Candyman Candyman Candy- Nevermind!

    We are treating you all with a longer episode today as Sam and Crystal reflect on the original 1992 Candyman! They discuss the real life and fictional inspirations behind the film as well as examine the treatment of women and Black people in horror. Segregation Reading Recommendation: The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein Sources https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cabrini-Green Human Rights Watch Report: https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports98/police/uspo54.htm Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror Documentary: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror/e650978256281a67 Bibliography Adler, J. S. (2007). Shoot to Kill: The Use of Deadly Force by the Chicago Police, 1875–1920. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 38(2), 233–254. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh.2007.38.2.233 Ba, B. A., Knox, D., Mummolo, J., & Rivera, R. (2021). The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago. Science, 371(6530), 696–702. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd8694 Bleakley, P. (2019). A Thin-Slice of Institutionalised PoliceBrutality: A Tradition of Excessive Force in the Chicago Police Department. Criminal Law Forum, 30(4), 425–449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-019-09378-6 Christiani, L. (2020). Intersectional stereotyping in policing: An analysis of traffic stop outcomes. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2020.1748064 Gross, K. N. (2018). Policing Black Women’s and Black Girls’ Bodies in the Carceral United States. Souls, 20(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999949.2018.1520058 Richie, B. E. (2000). A Black Feminist Reflection on the Antiviolence Movement. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 25(4), 1133–1137. https://doi.org/10.1086/495533 Ritchie, A. J. (2017). Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Beacon Press. Shielded from Justice: Chicago: Incidents. (n.d.). Retrieved August 5, 2021, from https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports98/police/uspo54.htm Voigt, R., Camp, N. P., Prabhakaran, V., Hamilton, W. L., Hetey, R. C., Griffiths, C. M., Jurgens, D., Jurafsky, D., & Eberhardt, J. L. (2017). Language from police body camera footage shows racial disparities in officer respect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(25), 6521–6526. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702413114 Wells, W., & Schafer, J. A. (2006). Officer perceptions of police responses to persons with a mental illness. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 29(4), 578–601. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639510610711556

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A Black woman and Latina analyzing the most twisted genre of film, horror. Join us in our deep dives into social justice through the frights and thrills of horror.