The Scariest Thing About ‘Alien’ Is How Real It’s Become
Ridley Scott’s space horror classic just turned 40. It’s never been more relevant to our debates over sex, gender, and reproductive rights.
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7 min readOct 29, 2019
When Alien debuted in 1979, the sexual revolution seemed like a done deal. It was released in a post-feminist, post-birth-control-pill…