For this week's episode of the Calm Down, my guests are the women of Feminist Folklore, our partner podcast at Skylark media. Each week Carela Holl-Jensen and Rachael Marr consider what fairytales, folk stories, and urban legends can tell us about culture at large, about beliefs surrounding gender and sexuality and the prescribed roles of women. Today we’ll be discussing different interpretations of the Hook man urban legend as well as the true crime stories of Lover’s Lane, while we dissect the phenomenon of the teenage urban legend and what it has to do with American traditions.

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From Skylark
This was American Hysteria's The Calm Down
Hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith
This week's were Carela Holl Jensen and Rachel Marr of Feminist Folklore
This episode was produced by [Clear Commo Studios](https://www.clearcommo.com/)

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