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Episode 214 – Alien Franchise – Part Two
Monday, 10 August, 2026
All of those notes we had about ecofeminism and capitalism came in handy, because it’s time for part two (the last part) of our episodes on the Alien franchise! Join us as we tackle Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, Alien: Romulus, and Alien: New Earth. Some Sources You Might Find Interesting: “Alien, The Thing” and the Principles of Terror by Douglas Fowler Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Vivian Sobchack “Prometheus” in Excavating the Future: Archaeology and Geopolitics in Contemporary North American Science Fiction Film and Television by Shawn Malley Fractal Patterns Out of Chaos in Ridley Scott’s Alien, Prometheus, and Covenant by Carrie Lynn Evans ‘We Were So Wrong’: The Perversion of Male Creation. Motherhood, Fatherhood and Birth in Recent Incarnations of the Alien Series by Amanda Digioia On the ‘Alien: Earth’ Set, Everyone Can See You Sweat by Mike Hale ‘Alien: Earth’ Review: FX’s Sci-Fi Prequel Is an Intriguingly Ambitious, Eventually Thrilling Journey Into the Semi-Known by Angie Han The uses of immortality: Barbie and popular culture by John Hartley Speaking the Monster: Ecofeminism in “Alien” and “Aliens” by Eleanor Johnson Prometheusby Thomas Doherty “The Future Is Female: Bateson, Benjamin and How Women Learn in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus” by Cynthia Kraman ‘Mothers and Others’ by Ginette Carpenter in Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion edited by Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik Reproductive Fear: Ideological Horrors and Final Girls in Alien and Alien: Romulus by Rhiannon Celeste Lewis Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post Episode 214 – Alien Franchise – Part Two appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.
