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‘My prey, my prize, my Vladimir’: flipping the gender script on predatory professors

Campus tales of power and desire typically produce neat narratives of victimhood: lecherous, middle-aged male professor preys on nubile female student. Vladimir, the Netflix series adapted by Julia May Jonas from her bestselling novel, complicates this gendered phenomenon and its predictable dynamics.

The Conversation · Mar 12

Vladimir author Julia May Jonas: ‘We’re imprisoned by our obsessions’

As her debut novel becomes a Netflix series starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall, the American author talks about comparisons with Lolita, moving on from #MeToo and problematic authors

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8

Vladimir: New Netflix series receives rave reviews from critics

Vladimir, a new Netflix comedy starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Wooddall, is receiving rave reviews from critics. The eight-part series, which is based on Julia May Jonas’s novel of the same name, is about a university professor who becomes obsessed with her younger colleague. The Guardian gave the series five…

The Independent UK · Mar 5

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas review – a scandalous affair

This clever, engrossing debut about an ageing English literature professor explores female creativity, rage and desire

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas review – slippery sexual politics

This intelligent and knowing debut about a female academic’s dangerous obsession with a younger professor is less risk-taking than it thinks it is

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022