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    librariesare4lovers: Dodai, Are you familiar with Octavia Bulter's novel Fledgling? That has a female vampire protagonist who is also black. more »
    HereComesMyBaby: I do not agree with this article. The history of vampirism paints it as a feminized (if not entirely female) monstrosity. more »
    ArtfulSlinger: True Blood is basically a soap opera with Vampires filling the roles of any other undesirable groups/minorities. But apparently, the Vampire Queen, p... more »
    KainTheGreat is a Spy!: Like I said, give Jessica and Hoyt their own series. All will be right in the world. more »
    la.donna.pietra: Also, everyone go watch The Hunger. more »
    dj_chick: I would think a lot of this has to do with the fact that the current vamp lit is really marketed for women... and plenty of women want to see hot male... more »
    Spaceman Bill Leah: I though it was just because zombies are, like, soooooooo over. more »
    wednesdayam: Another reason why Werewolves are better. Especially in the case of "Lonely Werewolf Girl": [www.amazon.com] more »
    la.donna.pietra: Alice is by far the best-written character in the Twilight series, for what it's worth. more »
    Grim Reaper of the Forest: I know we want women to have meatier roles, but I'm not sure this is what we meant... more »
    la.donna.pietra: So you're a Victorian Englishman and you have a bunch of worries about creepy, vaguely non-white ethnic types from a poorly demarcated part of Europe ... more »
    andBegorrah: The blood-sucking, controlling, undead female is pretty well represented amongst the wife characters in Judd Apatow's movies though. So we've got that... more »
    Lymed: How about Lauren Hutton in Once Bitten? + Watch video more »
    Jack_Burton: A Trend With Teeth is a great example of why newspapers are failing. I expect more from the Times. more »
    Lymed: I think Joss Whedon would say "Duh." A major point of Buffy was to take the male dominated Vampire story where the Vampire victimizes the innocent wom... more »
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    Women Play Mostly Supporting Role Within Male-Dominated Vampire "Trend"

    Today's New York Times has a "Thursday Styles" section story about a "trend with teeth": Vampires. More »