Ep. 54: Annihilation (2018) - To The Lighthouse

Get ready ladies, we're headed to the lighthouse! This week your favorite ghouls get all science-y and metaphorical while discussing Alex Garland's Annihilation! Topics of discussion: Epigenetics, trauma & metaphor, Virginia Woolf, and Mitosis and Meiosis! ---- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme songs! www.lilythecomposer.com Make sure you get some delicious coffee from our sponsors: www.recesscoffee.com The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-by-rebecca-skloot/247865/#isbn=1400052181&idiq=3907247 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Virginia-Woolf/dp/0156907399/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RGQ9KL7PLCC&keywords=to+the+lighthouse+by+virginia+woolf&qid=1564432489&s=books&sprefix=To+the+Light%2Caps%2C140&sr=1-1 ---- Resources: Annihilation (2018) Dir. Alex Garland ANNIHILATION Review by ALY CAVINESS https://midwestfilmjournal.com/2018/02/23/annihilation/ Annihilation by Brian Tellerico https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/annihilation-2018 Is Annihilation the first true film of the Anthropocene era? By LEWIS GORDON https://lwlies.com/articles/annihilation-alex-garland-anthropocene-era/ Annihilation: Depression, Destruction and Transformation by David Carter https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2018/03/19/annihilation-depression-destruction-and-transformation/ What Makes 'Annihilation' a Different Type of Female-Driven Movie by Josh Spiegel https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/annihilation-is-a-type-female-driven-movie-1088087 'Annihilation' Shows It's Possible To Cast All Women In A Movie Without Making A Big Deal About It By CASEY CIPRIAN https://www.bustle.com/p/annihilation-shows-its-possible-to-cast-all-women-in-a-movie-without-making-a-big-deal-about-it-8305792 ‘Annihilation’ Is Proof That Women-Led Sci-Fi Is Better by MICHAEL SUN https://junkee.com/annihilation-sci-fi-women/150995 How Annihilation broke the rules by Helen Lewis https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2018/03/how-annihilation-broke-rules ANNIHILATION AND THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN GENRE FILMS by CAITLIN BUSCH https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/annihilation-and-the-hard-truth-about-women-scientists-in-genre-films Annihilation Is the Latest Example of How Women Are Taking Over Science-Fiction Movies By BROGAN MORRIS https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/annihilation-leads-a-new-wave-of-sci-fi-movies-about-women.html Annihilation Review by Brian Eggert https://deepfocusreview.com/reviews/annihilation/ SCIENCE BEHIND THE FICTION: ANNIHILATION by Cassidy Ward https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/science-behind-the-fiction-annihilation The Symbolic Annihilation of Women by the Mass Media by Gaye Tuchman https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-62397-6_9 Annihilation: Alex Garland’s Bad Trip Through Dis-ease and Over-Reproduction by KIM NICOLINI https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/02/annihilation-alex-garlands-bad-trip-through-dis-ease-and-over-reproduction/ The Queer Future of "Annihilation" https://www.ladyscience.com/blog/queer-future-of-annihilation Is the future female? Fixing sci-fi’s women problem https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/29/is-the-future-female-fixing-sci-fis-women-problem How Genes Work https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/howgeneswork/cellsdivide The Real Science Behind The Fiction https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/science-behind-the-fiction-annihilation Epigenetics and the Environment: How Lifestyle Can Influence Epigenetic Change from One Generation to the Next https://www.whatisepigenetics.com/fundamentals/

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