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Oct 2023
1h 9m

Eerie Episode: Vampires, Twihards, and T...

Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb
About this episode

The girlies venture into Vampire Lore™  in Part I of a series of Eerie Episodes. They explore the shocking disease that turned people into vampires, the impact of vampiric literature, how Stephanie Meyer bastardized Gothic traditions via Mormonism, and more! Digressions include a plug for our upcoming virtual live show, an earnest diary entry from a day-one Twihard, and advice for a binchie who can't stop dating people who want them to suck their blood. 


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SOURCES:

Vampires: Real Origins, Legends, and Stories

The Bloody Truth About Vampires

Born to the Purple: the Story of Porphyria

Attention, Predation, Counterintuition: Why Dracula Won't Die by Mathias Clasen

The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher

(Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire by Karen Backstein

Twilight's Heteronormative Reversal of the Monstrous: Utopia and the Gothic Design by Kelly Budruweit

My Vampire Boyfriend: Postfeminism and "Perfect" Masculinity



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