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Every Breath You Take: Season 2 of “Killing Eve” Is Fuel for Our Obsession

a white woman points a knife at an Asian woman in a kitchen
by reillycw@bc.edu
April 11, 2019 at 8:14am
Is Eve’s obsession with Villanelle or with the prospect of unpacking the psyche of female killers?
Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling and Freddy Rodriguez as Wray in Grindhouse

Macabre Desires: What Lady Killers In Pop Culture Teach Us About Ourselves

by Ximena N. Larkin
December 11, 2017 at 1:50pm
When movies place qualifiers on women’s violence, they reinforce sexist ideals of violence. Read more »
Mindhunter

Profiling 101: The White Mediocrity of “Mindhunter”

by Olivia A. Cole
October 19, 2017 at 4:03pm
White women are either in the background or on a slab, men of color are scarce, and women of color are invisible. Read more »
Jeffrey Dahmer

Killer Crush: Inside Tumblr’s Serial Killer Fandom Problem

by Vanessa Willoughby
October 9, 2017 at 9:37am
Social media has made serial killer fandom more accessible. Read more »