Link - Feminism and the Vampire Novel

[sff_reader]

So, I ran across this great link when I was doing some reading for a post I'm working on about sexist alpha werewolf romance tropes in paranormal fantasy.

Feminism and the Vampire Novel by Caitlin Brown, from the UK feminist blog The F-Word

Comments

[euphonious_glow]

I will definitely read that once you write it

[euphonious_glow]

Another thought:

Female vampires or supernatural characters are almost always extremely sexualized. The "good girls" of these fantasy stories are usually pure, innocent types, almost infantilized in their childlike dependency on men to rescue them. But when a women has sexual power of her own, she is either evil or a flawed heroine who it is implied brings problems upon herself (such as for Buffy).