Frankenstein's Family

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2014-02-11
Series Updated:
2014-02-11
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Here is the tale of an unconventional family. Victor Frankenstein, originally named Victoria, identifies as a man despite having a female body. His assistant Igor has a deformed back. They decide to make a family together, because women just aren't interested in either of them, although both of them are heterosexual. So they wind up in a queerplatonic relationship. They use their knowledge of science to create a son, Adam.

Notes:

The classic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley provided the primary inspiration for this poem and series. You can read the original online. Feminist critiques of this have also contributed to my reading and interpretation of the material, such as bringing in the aspects of gender identity.

You can find the whole series via my Serial Poetry page.

"Victor(ia) Frankenstein"
"What We Reap"
"No One to Greet the Season"
"A Joy Forever"
"Grotesque Alterations"
"The Feast of Saint Valentine"

 

I've also written another Frankenstein reframe, with a different feminist twist, "Igor's Creature."

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