Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Monster Matters 1. Staying Woke in an Undead World Section 1: Lurching Engagements with Gender, Race and Class Section 2: Eradicating Rape Culture Zombie-Style Section 3: The Hopeful Apocalypse and the Zombie Child Section 4: Undead Conservativism: "Legitimate" Zombie Rape and "Necessary" War 2. Draining the Imperialist White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy Section 1: The Rise of the Vampire Activist Section 2: Post-Traumatic Vampire Disorder Section 3: Ethical Vampirism Section 4: Viral Vampires and Dystopian Futures 3. Wicked Good Section 1: Revising Witch History Section 2: Patriarchy Be Damned Section 3: Post-Millennial Fantasy and Fairy Tale Witches Section 4: Conjuring Retribution 4. Woman, Thy Name Is Monster Section 1: Gothic Monstrosity in Feminist Guise Section 2: Get Out of My House! Banishing Systemic Monsters Section 3: Gendered Discontent in 21st Century Creature Features Section 4: Medusa Figures in Post-Millennial Horror Conclusion: The Monster's Tools Chapter Notes Bibliography Film and Television Series Index