Here Be Monsters

I’d been noticing monsters everywhere. It was 2025 and President Donald Trump had been calling immigrants “monsters.” His opponents hurled the term right back at him. Monsters appeared at the movies, from Sinners to Frankenstein, and on the radio, from Lady Gaga’s “The Beast” to the chart-topping songs from KPop Demon Hunters. My three-year-old daughter […]

怪物研究这一小众学术领域近年在美国校园里不断扩张，学者们把怪物视为文化自我暴露的符号。作者在加州大学圣克鲁兹分校的怪物节上看到，这个领域既被右翼视为“无用又觉醒”的攻击目标，也承载着边缘群体自我认同的寄托。