# The gender politics of Threads with Dr Vicky McMahon

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Podcast: [Jesus Christ, They've Done It - The Threads Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesus-christ-they-ve-done-it-the-threads-podcast-7527640)
Published: 2025-12-11T07:17:08+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4890

## Resource

This week’s guest is a real treat. Dr Vicky McMahon is an independent scholar who specialises in body studies, 16th century literature and horror. She was 16 years old when she first watched Threads and she credits it with stoking her lifelong obsession with dystopian literature and film. She’s a committed socialist feminist, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an actor, poet playwright and director. She holds a PhD from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and her monograph, Shakespeare, Tragedy and Menopause: The Anxious Womb, was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. In our conversation about Threads, we talk about the film’s gender politics and body horror, and she explains why Mick Jackson is a God. I think that Vicky’s depth, emotional intelligence and humanity put this conversation on another level. I hope you enjoy it too. Instagram: @AllThatChas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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