The queerness here is not so much about whom the monsters sleep with—it’s about the queer community's adoption of monsters as beloved avatars.
Monsters embody and enforce the distinction between acceptable and aberrant. Queer horror flips this by creating kinship with the monster as a friend.
Women and feminized people can reclaim the unbecoming traits suppressed by society through the lens of monsters in classical mythology, finding empowerment in them.
Monsters like Medusa and Charybdis offer insight into rejecting societal pressure and embracing one's true self, whether it be hunger or rejection of beauty ideals.
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