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Discussion of vampire-killing over on [livejournal.com profile] little_details got me thinking about 'Blood and Roses' again.

For those who have purged it from their brainsnot read the whole essay, the gist of it is that vampires symbolise female sexuality, and vampire-killing methods symbolise patriarchal oppression, whether it's the stake thing or a less obvious connection.

Nothing new there, but I got to wondering: does it work the other way around? Would it be possible to resurrect Dracula by holding, say, a feminist rally over his ashes? If played right, I think this has the potential to offend EVERYBODY.

Date: 2007-08-10 03:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silverblue.livejournal.com
Short story, pls.

Date: 2007-08-10 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lederhosen.livejournal.com
...and I've just figured out how Dracula would be slain again. Let's just say that it involves the letters 'JN', if you get my drift.

Date: 2007-08-10 09:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drzero.livejournal.com
*shudder* I'm worried by quickly I decoded that...

In other news, for some reason I saw the resurrection of Dracula being done as a sequel to The Producers....

Date: 2007-08-10 03:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freyaw.livejournal.com
I have indeed purged it from my brainsnot.

Date: 2007-08-10 03:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lederhosen.livejournal.com
...now I look, that was an unfortunate use of the strikeout gag, yes.

Date: 2007-08-10 06:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freyaw.livejournal.com
It is entirely appropriate for the state of my brain today. Adelaide has started rye grass season...

Date: 2007-08-10 05:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicked-metal.livejournal.com
Wow, what an essay. And wow, what a thought!

Thanks for the laugh, needed it :)

Date: 2007-08-10 06:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadow-5tails.livejournal.com
Nothing should ever get you thinking about Blood and Roses.

Date: 2007-08-10 07:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lordstorm.livejournal.com
Agreed, I'm still damaged from my initial reading on Goth Camp all those years ago. *whimper*

Date: 2007-08-15 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterkoninkje.livejournal.com
Grkt! Ow. Good gods man, put a warning on links like that. Here, take your pick:

cognitive hazard motivation hazard memetic hazard existential threat


I'm with [livejournal.com profile] shadow_5tails on this one. Nothing should get you thinking of Blood and Roses.

Date: 2007-08-10 03:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silmaril.livejournal.com
*choke on water*

Date: 2007-08-10 05:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] terrycloth.livejournal.com
Are feminists into female sexuality? The stereotype is as hostile to that as it is to the patriarchy.

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