How American Horror Story: Cult failed angry women

The Atlantic

The subject of angry women loomed over the Cult season that started so promisingly, yet the FX series “returned to its favorite tricks, eschewing socio-cultural analysis for shock and gore,” says Sophie Gilbert. She adds: “In the series, it seems, no fertile woman can go un-impregnated, whether by a ghost in a black rubber fetish suit, or by a man being simultaneously penetrated by her brother. Mothers inevitably wreak horrific damage on the vulnerable psyches of their children. And rape is so repetitive a plot device on the show as to have become completely meaningless. Given such depictions, and their prevalence across culture, is it any surprise women are so mad?”

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