This kind of speaks for itself, but what the hey:

The Walking Dead Girls is a behind-the-scenes look into zombie culture in the United States and the obsession into “”Sexy Female Zombies””. What is it about Zombie Bimbos or “”Zimbies”” that are starting to gain the worlds interest? Why are zombies now in mainstream culture and seen in advertising from JCPenny and Sears? With interviews with zombie master maker George Romero and cult movie star Bruce Campbell from ZomBcon 2010 and so much more. Also with a rare look into the making of a Zombie Pinup Calendar, behind the scenes of “”Stripperland”” and “”Clublife”” Daniel Baldwin’s hip hop Zombie music video debut. “”The Walking Dead Girls”” is a sexy look into the zombie phenomenon created by George Romero that is 40 years in the making.

Yes, you can examine ‘zombie culture’ by studying the exploitative and violent Anti-Zombie media, and using it to construct remarkably twisted ideas of what constitutes a female Zombie. Or as they refer to them, ‘Zombie Bimbos or “Zimbies”‘

This is remarkably misogynist as well as remarkably Anti-Zombie. First, you stereotype Zombies. Then you further stereotype and degrade female Zombies. THEN you claim that these doubly stereotyped caricatures of Zombie Womanhood are somehow representative of a larger ‘culture’ of Zombies in America.

Alternately, you could do a deep and reasoned study of Chinese-American culture by studying Fu Manchu and other movies about the ‘Yellow Peril’.

*rolls eyes*

Sometimes, I swear, the things the ZRC has to deal with. Compare these stereotypes, by the way, with the active, informed and politically motivated female Zombies we saw at the rally last Saturday.

I have a feeling, based on our personal experiences, that there’s a lot more to the culture of Zombie Women than Zombie pinups and Romero movies.

Tags: Academia, Books, Journamalism, Madison Protests, Mainstream Media, Social Justice

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