in defense of the femme fatale

FREUD SUCKS: academic paper on it: NYT article: Patreon: Donate: Instagram: TikTok: Letterboxd: Sources: The Bad Girl Turned Feminist: The Femme Fatale and the Performance of Theory by Michelle Mercure The Emergence of the Feminist Fatale in American Film Noir by Anne Dennon Fatal Woman, Revisited: Understanding Female Stereotypes in Film Noir by Danielle L. BarnesSmith Film Noir s Progressive Portrayal of Women by John and Stephanie Blaser Vicious Womanhood : Genre, The Femme Fatale and Postwar America by Marc Jancovich