It’s time for another Many-Titled Strange Horizons Article!
Intertitles: “Do Not Wither/Look at Me”: Feminist Identity as Supernatural in Orlando and I am Dina explores two movies that take very different approaches to a very singular focus – a heroine whose feminist identity overlaps with a supernatural trait.
I think both are strong examples of the speculative as metaphor rather than plot-driving premise (no one in Orlando tries to duplicate her gender-bending immortality, and absolutely zero people I am Dina would want Dina’s ability to commune with the dying), and… Read more »