Stephen and Owen King’s ‘Sleeping Beauties’ Ponders the Destruction of a Patriarchal World [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

In September 2018, journalist and bestselling author Otegha Uwagba tweeted, “Men should be glad women want equality and not revenge.” Espoused in response to the #MeToo Movement, her statement reflects justifiable rage for a world that seems intent on taking away female rights and treating women as less than human. Shortly before this collective culmination of fourth-wave feminism, Stephen King explored the concept in his 2017 novel Sleeping Beauties. Written with his son and fellow novelist Owen King, the sprawling story imagines a world without women and places the future of patriarchy entirely in the hands of a small group of female survivors. 

In the latest episode of Bloody FM’s The Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast, co-hosts Randall Colburn, Jenn Adams, Dan Pfleegor, and Julia Marchese dig into this extensive text while contemplating the authors’ intended audience. What kind of creature is Eve Black and does she have additional connections to King’s Dominion? Does Frank Geary symbolize an evolution in King’s characterization or does he merely become another stereotype? Do the Losers enjoy the tale’s Appalaichian setting and what do they make of the action-packed conclusion? This episode sees them explore the next stop in King’s chronology and dig into the themes of this complex moral dilemma.

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