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March 26, 2020

With This Ring, You’ll Be Dead: Violence Against Female Protagonists in Romantic Vampire Fiction: Part 3: Dating

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Editor’s Note: content warning for violence, abuse, and potentially triggering subject matter. Dating isn’t easy. Anyone who tells you that it is, is either insane or simply not self-aware enough to see all of the potential pitfalls. Seeking a suitable mate for long-term monogamy isn’t nearly as simple a task as the romance novels and movies make it out to…

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December 27, 2019

With This Ring, You’ll Be Dead: Violence Against Female Protagonists in Romantic Vampire Fiction: Part 2: Seduction

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Editor’s Note: content warning for violence, abuse, and potentially triggering subject matter. What is seduction? Most people would define it as something pleasant. A series of actions and behaviors performed by someone they find attractive to make them even more alluring. However, if we examine the actual definition of seduction, it’s a bit more sinister than that. Merriam-Webster defines seduction…

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November 22, 2019

With This Ring, You’ll Be Dead: Violence Against Female Protagonists in Romantic Vampire Fiction: Part 1: Stalking

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Editor’s Note: content warning for violence, abuse, and potentially triggering subject matter. I’ve consumed a lot of vampire fiction in the past thirty-five years. In fact, I often think of my consumption of vampire fiction — novels, short stories, comics, movies, TV shows, etc. — as vampiric in and of itself. To say that I am obsessed would be an…

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