Show Notes
Acknowledgement of Country
I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.
Content warning: Graphic violence and gore, including murder, dismemberment and bodily mutilation, Depictions of infant and adolescent slaughter. Psychological abuse and manipulation, Sexual content, Misogyny, sexism and classism (satire-driven), Unreliable narration and hallucination-like sequences, Body horror and disgust imagery.
Spoiler warning: detailed discussion and analysis of the book! All the twists revealed!
My copy + Luce:
Watch trailer YT: Victorian Psycho | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
Author website with diff covers: Victorian Psycho — virginia feito
Cold open: Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho Lyrics
Vic Psych on goodreads: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito | Goodreads
Top 100 books ABC: Radio National's Top 100 Books
Associations:
Classic Female Gothics: Jane Eyre, Rebecca, Wuthering Heights
American Psycho
The Handmaid's Tale
Handmaiden (2016)
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Carrie by Stephen King (Margaret White in particular)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Pod mentioned:
Lady Killers: a Feminist Rage Podcast, ep on Victorian Psycho
Music - Free Music Archive - CC BY License:
- Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - The Victorian Mansion
- Kevin MacLeod - Camille Saint-Saëns_ Danse Macabre - Light Dance
- Kevin MacLeod - Lift Motif
- Kevin MacLeod - Mourning Song
- Soularflair - THE MOURNING AFTER (classical, strings, emotive)
- Alex Morgan - Phonk House Hybrid With Classical Sample
- Kevin MacLeod - Schmetterling
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Equipment:
JBL Quantum Stream Studio | Quad pattern premium USB microphone for streaming, recording and gaming
Audacity - recording & editing by FL
Next ep #26: Psycho (1960) movie by Hitchcock + eponymous novel by Robert Bloch(1959)