What better way to celebrate Halloween than with a feminist horror symposium inspired by the groundbreaking scholarship of Johanna Isaacson's book Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror?

How can horror films serve as a lens to think critically about the conditions of feminized, racialized, and classed people under late capitalism? Might horror, especially hauntings, offer a productive space in the quest for change and justice, given the history and legacies of colonialism? What does a feminist horror genealogy look like, and how does it link different generations of women–Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z-in their strategies for fighting against gendered capitalism? 

Join feminist faculty and students as we consider these questions and more during a day-long symposium. The symposium will include a student-run feminist horror film trailer competition judged by the Film Production Society and a feminist haunted house by Planned Parenthood Generation Action.

Presented in part by SJSU College of Humanities and Arts 2024-2025 AEPG (Artistic Excellence Programming Grants).