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What women want: to embrace their inner monsters

What do The Substance, Nosferatu, and Babygirl have in common? They externalize the characters' inner feelings - self-loathing, guilt, shame - in the most grotesque ways possible. Ahead of the Academy Awards, Brittany Luse sits down with <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1143682621/alexis-williams">IBAM producer Alexis Williams</a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/912788259/aisha-harris">Pop Culture Happy Hour co-host Aisha Harris</a>, to get into how these trending films bring women's internal monsters to life. Support public media and receive ad-free listening &amp; bonus content. <a href="https://plus.npr.org/">Join NPR+ today</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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