: To manage the terror of starvation and isolation, the girls develop a "wilderness religion". As noted by critics on The Revealer , these rituals serve to offload individual guilt onto a collective, supernatural "It"—allowing them to survive the unthinkable by framing it as a sacrifice to a higher power.
In the wilderness, the social currency of the "real world" becomes bankrupt. Yellowjackets
: Jackie, the popular "queen bee," struggles because her skills are tied to a society that no longer exists. Conversely, Shauna finds a brutal utility in the wild that she suppressed in suburban New Jersey. : To manage the terror of starvation and
The Showtime series is a complex exploration of human nature, trauma, and the subversion of social hierarchies. An essay on the show can focus on how it uses the survival horror genre to deconstruct the "civilized" veneer of high school girlhood. The Architecture of Trauma: An Analysis of Yellowjackets : Jackie, the popular "queen bee," struggles because
