I first learned about Women in Horror month by landing on the Ax Wound website run by Hannah Neurotica. Her zine focuses on gender in the horror genre so it seemed logical that she would pen a manifesto about Women in Horror and tag February as the month to celebrate the feminine in fear.
There’s an interesting conversation with Fangoria’s Rebekah McKendry on Ax Wound which everyone should check out. I have a background in academics like Rebekah, so I always enjoy reading her point of view on these matters. After what I imagine to be many conversations like these with her colleagues and a lot of consideration, Hannah pushed forward with her idea to establish this month of recognition and has created the Women in Horror Month website.
The website details everything you need to know about events like the Twisted Twins First Annual Massive Blood Drive (check out their PSA video below), to the Women in Horror Con in San Francisco (I wish I could attend!). Hannah also suggests some ideas for you to start your own event in honor of WIH month. Keep in touch with websites like Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire, Day of the Woman, Fatally Yours, Pretty Scary and Final Girl who I imagine will have some interesting things happening on their site, as always. I would encourage the boys to get in on the action and have no doubt that gentlemen like B-Sol at The Vault of Horror will be participating in this important event.
Please consider contributing your time and efforts to Women in Horror in February. It’s time for scream queens, directors, writers, event hostesses, special effects artists and everyone in between to be recognized for their important contributions to the horror genre. We’ve always been here, but we need to raise awareness and shed some light on a genre that is progressively changing.
Stay tuned to Screamstress in February for more about Women in Horror.
Blood Drive PSA – Women In Horror Month from Twisted Twins Productions on Vimeo.
Wow! You are amazing. How did I not know about this site?? Thanks so much for writing about WiH Month! I’m gonna put a link to this on the website <3 <3 <3
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Anyway I wrote how awesome it was your wrote this! Thanks for helping to get the word out. Also the new issue of Ax Wound will have an indepth interview with Rebekah and its super fascinating. I love hearing her thoughts too.
Thanks again x 10000! xoxoxoxooxoxox
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thankee Hannah–i was happy to find your site as well! xx
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