Tag: Theme: Pregnancy & Reproduction
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Raped and Ruined: Themes of Sexual Assault and Reproductive Coercion in Alien (1979)
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Exploring the underlying anxieties around sexual assault, loss of bodily autonomy, and forced impregnation in Alien (1979). From Merriam-Webster: Rape: unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against a person’s will or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent because of…