Happy Spooky Season Ya’ll! Scalawag EIC @sherrondajbrown has got a few bones to pick with Hollywood Director Joseph Kahn and anybody else who agrees with his latest op-Ed for The Hollywood Reporter, “Horror Movies and Politics are Killing Film Festivals” In it, Sherronda argues that “The global horror canon of the last 130 years speaks for itself, and it speaks plainly: Horror has always been political.” She continues, in her historical sketch of the origins and political currents that have informed horror’s political work, writing: “Joseph Kahn, however, believes the horror films finally taking up more screen time at film festivals—within an industry that has historically had an open disdain for horror—are simply “wrapping gore in political language.” I love being annoying. From its infancy, no matter which decade you sift through, horror has always interrogated race, class, gender, sexuality, queerness, disability, xenophobia, state abandonment, institutional failure, autonomy, grief, isolation, trauma, war, capitalism, imperialism, fascism, and, yes, even colonialism—see: Prey (2022)—and much more. Decapitations and all.” Check out the full piece available now at www.scalawagmagazine.org Scalawag is Rooted in Southern Experience, meaning our resistance, our radicalism, our resilience, and our revolutionary thought reflects the long tradition of Southerners who have struggled against slavery, Jim Crow apartheid, structural anti-blackness, and capitalist exploitation. Support our work with a pledge of $20.26 via the QR code or link in our bio today! Together we shall RISE!