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[lucy ly @lucyly626]

1. Be open to new information and dismissing old ones
2. Think about how people came to their conclusions and how you did too
3. Don’t be afraid to question things in place right now
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[lucy ly @lucyly626]

—and (2) the history of queerness and vampires in popular culture throughout the 1900s: from repression to liberation, rejection to acceptance. A really cool way to see the change/continuity in the vampire character as well as the LGBTQ community

https://t.co/xlpxa1ZWEQ

[lucy ly @lucyly626]

I wanted to find a more historical account of vampires and their association with queerness and this article really goes in depth on it with (1) the character of Dracula representing the fears of closeted homosexual men in the 19th century— #ResearchTweet #SQSF

[lucy ly @lucyly626]

From the movie & show, it seems like the vampire’s allure & sensuality encourage and represent sexual freedom. For them to be blood-sucking monsters though, it demonizes homosexual men and promiscuous women, figures that go against patriarchal views #ViewingTweet #SQSF

[lucy ly @lucyly626]

Lecture made me realize the reason why witches are known to eat kids like in hansel and gretel is because women—who refused to be reproductive machines controlled by men during labor shortages and got rid of those forced babies—were monsterized as witches #SQSF #SummaryTweet

[lucy ly @lucyly626]

Robert’s constant justification that “hE’s iN jAMaicA wHy nOt” for loving both Millie and Annie really says a lot about how Europeans projected a front of hedonistic indulgence to disguise the cruel reality of the Caribbeans #SQSF #READINGTWEET

[lucy ly @lucyly626]

A narrative by itself is a fun read but when u take a second to study the socio-historical impetus and impact of its words then your perspective on its message changes completely #SQSF

[lucy ly @lucyly626]

It is important to study the representation of minoritized people because it reveals the bias and prejudice that plagues the perception of these people. Then, we can better detect and defend against false representation, even curbing future minoritization of people #SQSF