Lea Anderson

Black feminist monster theorist. Ganja's daughter.

Contributor at FANGORIA, since 2021

Lea Anderson is a poet-turned-genre expert, scholar, critic, and lifelong monster kid approaching monster theory from a Black feminist perspective. She's a regular contributor at Fangoria where she also wrote the column Eaten Alive! exploring devouring monsters as forms of narrative/social technology. Her work on horror and the Gothic has been featured in print and online in Darkest Margins: 24 Essays on Liminality and Liminal Spaces (1428 Publishing), liquid blackness (Duke University Press), Bright Wall/Dark Room, Collider, Bitch, amongst others. She has lectured on the genre for Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, Salem Horror Fest, and at universities and conferences internationally, appeared on the Shudder docuseries The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time and Horror's Greatest, and can also be caught guesting on podcasts like Midnight Mass, Bitches On Comics, and The Truth In This Art.

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Be(ware) The Swallowing: Cats In THE BLACK CAT And CAT PEOPLE
ByLea Anderson

“In her hats are many bats, for spending all her dough on cats.”
Be(ware) The Swallowing: Goo Is Gonna Get You In The Blob And The Stuff
ByLea Anderson

The sticky history of slime horror.
Be(ware) The Swallowing: Hungry Homes In THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE And HOUSE
ByLea Anderson

Not all homes are haunted — some are hungry.
Be(ware) The Swallowing: Body Snatchers in SPELL, GET OUT, & HAIR WOLF
ByLea Anderson

Diving into the realm of the interior with a consumption of the Self occurring at the psychic level.
MASTER Is About More Than White Terror: An Interview With Mariama Diallo
ByLea Anderson

Injecting the Black gaze into the cinematic medium.
NANNY And Malleable Horror: A Conversation With Sundance Grand Jury Winner Nikyatu Jusu
ByLea Anderson

Incorporating African folklore for a celebration of the beauty and brilliance of the African diaspora.
Be(ware) The Swallowing: Werewolves In THE BEAST MUST DIE And GINGER SNAPS
ByLea Anderson

The shift in the pathology of werewolf transformation (and appetite) through the ages.
MASTER Gives New Meaning To Dark Academia
ByLea Anderson

Mariama Diallo's Sundance debut feature.
Be(ware) The Swallowing: Devouring Children And Fear Of The Future
ByLea Anderson

Ravenous children in IT’S ALIVE, GOOD MANNERS, and BRIDE BEFORE YOU.
Be(ware) The Swallowing: BLOOD QUANTUM
ByLea Anderson

Acts of heroism are simultaneously always acts of monstrosity.

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