02 - Sleepaway Camp (1983) with Lilah Sturges

In Episode 2 of Out To Get You we are joined by writer @lilahsturges to ring in the summer and tackle one of film's most notorious depictions of trans bodies on film, Robert Hiltzik's controversial summer slasher, Sleepaway Camp! 

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of transphobia, forced transitions, sexual assault and rape culture, homophobia, ableism, maladaptive age gaps, child predators, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.

In this episode, we dredge up the bloodiest holiday season at Camp Arawak and examine the mangled history of trans representation in film through the lens of the violent social structures, arcane puberty rituals, and the meat grinder that is coming of age in 1983's infamous cult classic, starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, and Christopher Collet!

Follow Lilah on Twitter, and check out her new graphic novel with El Garing, The Science of Ghosts, coming soon to a bookstore near you! You can find her latest book, Girl Haven (with illustrator Meaghan Carter,) and much more, in bookstores now!

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Editor’s Note: We recognize that there are moments of noise and artifacts we were unable to remove from tracks at varying points in the episode, but we have done our best to minimize and clean them up. In time we will attempt a remastered version of the episode, but letting go can be cathartic!