The Brewing Fiction Podcast: Episode 33 – Catlyn Ladd. Join The Brewing Fiction Podcast as they dive into the chilling world of horror with author Catlyn Ladd. They discuss her passion for ghost hunting, explore her favorite themes in writing, and examine the impact of genre labels on book marketing. Plus, Catlyn gives the inside scoop on her latest novel, As Those Above Fall.

Meet Catlyn Ladd. CanvasRebel Magazine and Catlyn connected in December 2024. Click the button to read their conversation!

Scream Kings: Episode 122 with Catlyn Ladd. Listen to Catlyn and the Scream Kings as they discuss Catlyn’s novel, As Those Above Fall, and Dracula (1931).

Women of Horror Spotlight: Interview with Catlyn Ladd, the author of As Those Above Fall. Check out Travis Bruce of Horror Realm’s interview with Catlyn Ladd on October 9, 2024.

Meet Catlyn Ladd – an interview with Catlyn Ladd and BoldJourney Magazine

BoldJourney Magazine | September 26, 2024

Jersey Ghouls Podcast, Episode 227: Vampire Baddies with Catlyn Ladd. The Jersey Ghouls, Marissa & Jacki, talk horror films and pop culture from a woman’s perspective. Listen to their chat with Catlyn about feminism, the monstrous feminine, and vampires!

The Dark Mind Podcast: Catlyn Ladd. Listen to Catlyn’s feature on The Dark Mind Podcast. She joins Vincent Midgard on the show to discuss her new novel, As Those Above Fall. They discuss the inspiration behind the book, the characters and their names, and the themes of grief and transformation. 

“As Those Above Fall explores what one would do, what one would become, to bring back their beloved. Drowning in grief, self-destruction, and unchecked power, Zorah’s answer is anything and everything. In this provocative and brutal debut, Catlyn Ladd bites deep, leaving behind a trace of whiskey laced with blood and bitter longing.”

– Angela Sylvaine, author of Frost Bite and The Dead Spot

“Catlyn Ladd has transcended the realm of vampire lore, creating a world rich with gothic tones of existential angst and a dark romance that is as agonizing as it is sensual.”

– Vincent Midgard, The Dark Mind Podcast

“How Catlyn delivers this book is brilliant. Her voice is distinctive and makes this book, even in uncomfortable situations, such an easy and incredible read from the start.. How she talks about the people she works with and meets, challenges what you anticipate might be the situation and challenges the stereotypes that are perpetuated by media on who these women are and the men who visit them. The frankness of the writing and the delivery of this book is incredible and it makes me want to read so much more of her work, Ladd’s way with words shines in this short but honest book.” 

– Victoria Casswell, Books, Lots Of Books, Plenty Of Books, Books Everywhere!

“Strip: The Making of a Feminist provides a detailed account of Catlyn Ladd’s experience stripping over the course of five years. While like other autoethnographic accounts of the strip club industry, Ladd’s contribution to the genre involves her incorporation of feminist critique within a sex positive framework. Ladd skillfully explores the nuances of female sexual empowerment while evaluating her own experience as “empowered” within a racist, capitalist, hetero-patriarchal work environment and culture. She reveals that although stripping can empower some women, this empowerment exists within the context of broader social systems that grant certain women the privilege of empowerment. In other words, some women choose to strip out of desire, while others choose to strip out of need, or perhaps do not have a choice. These realizations help Ladd synthesize her experience into a tale of growth, whereby the reader begins with a basic introduction to the industry in Section I and is lead through Ladd’s growing feminist consciousness in the following sections. It is within these sections we see Ladd explore the contradictions of female sexual empowerment, but it is this exploration that reminds the reader of sex positivity’s significance for women in the United States.” 

– Katherine Martinez, Ph.D.Author of Somebody's Fetish: Self-objectification and body satisfaction among consensual sadomasochists, Journal of Sex Res

“Strip” reveals Colorado professor Catlyn Ladd’s path from dancer to Ph.D.

PUBLISHED: October 7, 2018

The Denver Post

At age 19, Catlyn Ladd had just returned to the United States after studying at the University of Oxford. She wasn’t interested in living in a dorm on a college campus, but couldn’t afford her own place on the bare-bones salary of her work-study gig.

“I also did not have time for a regular job, and minimum wage was not much better than the work-study money,” she writes in “Strip: The Making of a Feminist,” which was published June 29 by Changemakers Books. “I needed a job that paid a lot and had flexible hours.”

That job was stripping.

From Exotic Dancer to College Professor, Catlyn Ladd Wrote the Book

PATRICIA CALHOUN | JUNE 28, 2018 | 7:39AM

The Denver Westword

Can stripping be a feminist act? Or is stripping inherently degrading sex work that objectifies the women who choose it as a profession? Catlyn Ladd worked as an exotic dancer for five years, using the money she made to earn a doctorate in religious studies at the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology. She now teaches women’s studies and religious studies at [a two year college in Colorado], where she's been a full-time faculty member since 2006. In her first book, Strip: The Making of a Feminist, Ladd brings her academic eye to bear on a controversial topic that is often overlooked and ignored.

Strip: The Making of a Feminist was just published this week by Changemakers Books; in advance of its release, we spoke with Ladd about her book, her career path, and what she learned about life from stripping...