Season 1: Episode 3: The Hunger Games Mariah: If I was ever actually in the Hunger Games, I’m steppin’ off my plate before that first 30 seconds is up and blowing myself up. In this episode, we focus on The Hunger Games! We’ll chat about both the 2008 novel, and the 2012 film. Topics include love triangles, relationships, masculinity, state violence & dictatorships, internalized misogyny, femininity, and adaptations. What’s your favourite possible shipping name for characters within this series? Let us know at unwellfans@gmail.com Sources: “Jennifer Lawrence Says She Was ‘pressured to Lose Weight’ for Hunger Games Role; Jennifer Lawrence Has Spoken out about Feeling Pressured into Weight Loss Whilst Filming The Hunger Games Trilogy in Her Breakout Role as Katniss.” Daily Mirror (London, England), December 8, 2022. “Suzanne Collins Talks About ‘The Hunger Games,’ the Books and the Movies.” The New York Times (Digital Edition) [New York], October 18, 2018. Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic Press, 2008. Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic Press, 2009. Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Scholastic Press, 2010. Collins, Suzanne. Sunrise on the Reaping. Scholastic Press, 2025. Holmes, Anna. “White Until Proven Black: Imagining Race in Hunger Games.” The New Yorker. March 30, 2012. Kincaid, James R. Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting. Duke University Press, 1998. McGregor, Hannah, & Marcelle Kosman. “Hunger Games x Frames of War” Material Girls. August 5, 2025. Ross, Gary, et al. The Hunger Games. Alliance Films.; Lions Gate. 2012. Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Between Men : English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. Columbia University Press, 1985. Content note: In this episode we discuss child death, suicide, violence, and abuse. Music: Clown - Sakura Girl https://soundcloud.com/sakuragirl_official Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/sakura-girl/clown Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/jkNyf6ejiYQ Transcription available upon request. Email us at unwellfans@gmail.com
