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\nOur fascination with vampires has spanned centuries, but it didn’t all start with Dracula. In fact, the first vampires (dating back to the 1800s!) were actually women. This genre of literature gave writers an outlet to explore female...\nOur fascination with vampires has spanned centuries, but it didn’t all start with Dracula. In fact, the first vampires (dating back to the 1800s!) were actually women. This genre of literature gave writers an outlet to explore female sexuality and societal taboos, leading to a cult of lesbian vampire films in the 60s and 70s. Today, TV shows like True Blood and First Kill are reintroducing this trope to mainstream platforms. Joined by Monstrum’s, Emily Zarka and special guest Annie Rose-Malamet, let’s take a look at why there are so many lesbian vampire films and what they tell us about the evolution of the feminist movement.\n
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12th - Higher Ed
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2022
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English
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dracula, film, violence, time, vampires, feminism, exploitation
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danielle bainbridge, dolly li, annie rose-malamet, emily zarka, historian’s take, pbs, pbs origins, monstrum, history, race, carmila, carmilla, daughters of darkness, velvet vampire, first kill, buffy, true blood, hays code, self censoring, women’s rights movement, feminist, dracula’s daughter, conversion theory, female filmmakers, netflix, delphine seyrig, sexploitation, 1970s, hayes code, female vampires, vampire, films, lamia, point, make, women, genre, people, laura, kind, anytime, monstrous, daughter, cured, psychiatrist, queerness, show, screen, today
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