TW: Talk of Sexual Assault, timestamp 00.00-30.00 Welcome to the second edition of the Chick Flix Film Club! A programme presented by She Sources and Making It: Women in Film, airing the first Monday of every month. This month, we discuss Karyn Kusama's 2009 horror-comedy, "Jennifer's Body," starring Megan Fox, and Cathy Yan's 2020 superhero-action film, "Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey," with Margot Robbie in the lead. These movies were considered commercial flops, and "Jennifer's Body" was especially received with harsh and scathing reviews. Was this a result of poor marketing, the gender imbalance in film criticism, the disproportional scrutiny filmmakers of marginalised backgrounds face, or the ingrained possessive entitlement of the male gaze (and audience)? Let's discuss! Timestamps: Jennifer's Body | 00.00 - 30.00 Watch The Take's commentary video on the film's female gaze here Listen to "#16 Horror Films and Feminism" with horror film professor Alison Peirse for more about women's history and future in the genre, wherever you're listening! Birds of Prey | 30.00 - 1.00.00 Listen to "#18 Empowering Costumes and Superhero(ine)s" with BOP costume designer Helen Huang wherever you're listening! Read our article on the sexualisation of women's action costumes here: "Women in Fantasy Aren't Your Fantasies." This episode was made by Emma Stern (She Sources, co-host), Lauren Piskothy (She Sources, co-host), and Malin Evita (MIWIF, co-host and editor.) Follow us on Instagram at @ChickFlixFilmClub and write to us through [email protected]! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/makingitwomeninfilm/message