So, back when Dracula first released in 1931, it came with an epilogue where Edward Van Sloan (who played Van Helsing) basically reassured the audience that vampires exist. They apparently removed it out of fear it’d anger religious groups. After almost a century, it’s now available
anyway today was great. read the email this morning and listened to re: dracula as we ate paprika hendl for supper. my 10 year old listened with me this year, says he would like to listen to it this year with me.
@re-dracula my kid says the music is great and he likes the voice of Jonathan harker!
when i was younger and stupid and in the (glass) closet i was dating the son of a pharmacologist. this man had made millions developing medications. he was fond of me and privately told me i was too funny and smart to be dating boys.
he also said that it was incredibly unlikely that sexism will ever be resolved in the medical field. that the majority of medications i will ever take - even some of which are "for women" - will not be clinically tested on my body.
the problem, he said, was in getting any human clinical trial approved. to test on a body with a uterus - any body, even elderly patients or those who have been sterilized - was often nigh-impossible, because the concern was that the test patient may, at any point, become pregnant. once/if the patient became pregnant, the study would not be about "the effects of New Medication on the body." instead, the trial would fail - the results would be "the effects of New Medication on a developing fetus/pregnant patient."
it was massively easier, he said, to just test without accounting for a uterus. that's how he phrased it - accounting for a uterus.
at the time, i remember him talking about the ethical implications of testing on a developing fetus; how such testing could theoretically bankrupt a company if a lawsuit was filed. he talked about informed consent and about how long it took for any legislation to be passed about this - that in 1993; the year i was born, it finally became illegal to outright exclude women and minorities from clinical trials.
i remember him shrugging. "that's not to say it doesn't happen," he said. my ears were ringing.
i was thinking about how every time i have been rushed to the ER, the first thing they have asked me is if i am pregnant. when i broke my wrist at 16 years old - despite never having had sex - they made me wait three hours for the test to come back negative before they gave me pain meds. the possibility of a child haunts my health.
how many people have died on the table because they were waiting for the pregnancy test before treatment. how many people have died on the table because they were pregnant, and the only thing we care about is the fetus.
it is hard to explain to other people, but it feels like some kind of strange ghost. our entire lives, we are supposed to "save" our bodies for our future partners. but really we are just saving the body for the future child, aren't we? that hovering future-almost that cartwheels around in a miasma. you can't get your tubes tied, what if you change your mind? think of the child you must have, eventually.
who cares about you and your actual safety. think about what you could be carrying.
Oh so when Jonathan Harker rides in a black carriage through the wild Eastern European forests to reach an old man's ancient family castle (which contains a beautiful blonde) it's all "best of luck on your endeavors!" and "have a great visit!!" but when I, Carmilla-
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We're a bite-sized audio adaptation of the horror classic. Think Dracula Daily for your ears!
Re: Dracula takes the famous horror tale, breaks it up chronologically (every entry of this epistolary novel has a date), and sends the story directly to your podcatcher as it happens. Every time something happens to the characters, Re: Dracula will publish an episode, in real time. This audio drama is a faithful adaptation of the story we know and love, featuring a full cast to tug on your heartstrings and sound design to keep you on the edge of your seat.
"I consider this to be the best adaptation of the work out there."
"Above and beyond in every single level."
"If I could I would eat this podcast."
"Dracula has never been more frightening."
"Nobody touch me I'm in a glass box of emotion."
"11/10. Flawless. Perfection. It did not have to go that hard but by the gods it was worth it."
Re: Dracula debuted at #2 on the fiction podcast charts, has seen over two million downloads, and been an official selection of over a dozen film and web festivals. Re: Dracula was featured on Tumblr's 2023 and 2024 year in review, and Tor.com called it "a spectacular podcast."
Other Links:
Patreon Store (Digital Merch): www.patreon.com/redracula/shop
Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@redracula
Tal's Ko-Fi Shop: ko-fi.com/talminear/shop
Re: Dracula Tea (proceeds to charity): www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=210196
before I actually hopped on the dracula train I saw a lot of assertions around that seward is unstoppably horny, and this is true, but it did not prepare me for the way in which seward is unstoppably horny. it's not unbridled carnality, it's more a shade of the "I think I could survive truly horrific circumstances if I had a crush on someone there" phenomenon. jack is in the pits of despair and doing Real Bad and sees everyone else around him as effortlessly more charismatic and competent than he is, so his poor brain is trying to cope by falling terribly, embarrassingly in love with all of his friends to try and spark any kind of joie de vivre. it gets him there eventually but there's a real curve to it, so he spends a good month or two thinking "goddd lucy is so achingly beautiful. quincy has the most manhood of all of us. I want van helsing to treat me like his student again and put me in my place. I haven't slept in four days and I hope something tragicly preventable happens to me tomorrow."
When vampires are portrayed as mainly preying on women that's so unrealistic like I'm sorry but they're too careful especially around strange men. Dudes are much easier. You could literally lurk in a bush in the park at night and call out "whoa look at this fucked up looking squirrel" and have 3 grown men climb in immediately
because lesbians are careful around strange men like all women, but they see one (1) beautiful and mysterious lady and immediately follow her into the nearest dark, secluded alleyway without a second thought
Carmilla is great lesbian representation because while she drained other girls round Styria pretty much instantly, she beat around the bush (pun intended) with Laura for, what, months? because that's what lesbians do be like with their crushes.
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