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Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Before Sunset! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Deanna & Brigid You can find out more about Deanna and her work at https://www.deannakoretsky.com/ This episode contains a conversation that touches on torture, abusive relationships, and racism. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max, NBC Peacock, and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Do Not Go Gentle! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Anusha & Brigid Find Anusha at itsmeanusha on Instagram We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, We are back! Welcome to 2026. Thank you to our amazing listeners who wrote in. If you'd like to include you in a potential future mailbag too, let us know if we can read your email on the pod: dearvampdiaries@gmail.com If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps If you'd like to learn more about the incredible Janelle Gray, visit www.janellegray.com. Sincerely, Janelle & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on toxic relationships, gaslighting, the Confederacy, adoption, and complex parental/family issues. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Heart of Darkness! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Janelle & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on torture. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to The Murder of One! Please excuse our audio issues. If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Brigid's mic had some issues on this one, it's not your earphones. Sorry for the intermittent clicking! Sincerely, Christina & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on torture. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear listeners, Happy Holidaaaaays! Please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, DVD Cast -Credits- Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to an all-TVDU-spoiler-INCLUSIVE conversation with the incredible Dr. Kendra R. Parker! If you are doing a spoiler-free re-watch, come back and listen to this episode once you've consumed all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries. You can find out more about Kendra's work at her website: http://www.kendrarparker.com/ If you'd like to support the podcast's work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Brigid Kendra R. Parker's website: http://www.kendrarparker.com/ PARKER, K. R. (2020). Black female vampires in African American women’s novels, 1977-2011: She bites back. LEXINGTON BOOKS. PARKER, K. R. (2025) Understanding Octavia E. Butler. University of South Carolina Press. Bishop, R.S. (1990). Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom, vol. 6, no. 3, 1990, pp. ix-xi. https://scenicregional.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Mirrors-Windows-and-Sliding-Glass-Doors.pdf Jones, Charisse, and Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America (Harper Collins, 2003), 124. Movies with Black Vampires Movies Mentioned Ghost with Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Moore, and Patrick Swayze Secondary Sources Mitchell, Koritha. “Identifying White Mediocrity and Know-Your-Place Aggression: a Form of Self-Care,” African American Review 51, no. 4 (January 1, 2018): 253. Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, 116. Johnson, K. Murry (2012). “A Slaves Tale.” Image of Emeralds and Chocolate. Johnson & Franklin, LLC. Jackson, Monica (2004). “The Ultimate Diet.” Dark Thirst, edited by Angela C. Allen, Pocket Books, pp. 3-37. Farmer, A. D. (2018). “Archiving While Black”. African American Intellectual Historical Society. https://www.aaihs.org/archiving-while-black/ Books/Stories Massey, Brandon. Dark Corner. Dark Corner Publishing, 2017. The Black Girl Survives in This One, edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell, Macmillan, 2024. Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source material. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki ...

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Break On Through! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Brigid's mic had some issues on this one, it's not your earphones. Sorry for the intermittent clicking! Sincerely, Gaby & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on predatory/grooming behavior, suicide, disordered eating, restraining orders, and sexual assault. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to 1912! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps For more about Janelle: https://janellegray.wixsite.com/janelle , https://janellegray.wixsite.com/allagrayarea and https://www.echoesofthestruggle.com/ Sincerely, Janelle & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on grooming, disordered eating, restraining orders, and sexual assault. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to All My Children! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps For more about Janelle: https://janellegray.wixsite.com/janelle , https://janellegray.wixsite.com/allagrayarea and https://www.echoesofthestruggle.com/ Citations for this episode: Hudson, Dale M. Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2018. Hughey, Matthew W. “Cinethetic Racism: White Redemption and Black Stereotypes in ‘Magical Negro’ Films.” Social Problems 56, no. 3 (2009): 543–77. https://doi.org/10.1525/sp.2009.56.3.543. Sincerely, Janelle & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on death of a parent, racism, and kidnapping. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source.

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Dangerous Liaisons! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials For more about Deanna: www.deannakoretsky.com Sincerely, Deanna & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on incest, racism, and intimate partner abuse. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Bringing Out the Dead! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Christina & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on parental abandonment of a child, violence, and sexism. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to The Ties That Bind! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials For more about Deanna: www.deannakoretsky.com Anyiwo, U. Melissa (2016). "Beautifully Broken: True Blood's Tara Thornton as the Black Best Friend." In Gender in the Vampire Narrative, edited by Amanda Hobson and U. Melissa Anyiwo. Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-6300-714-6_7 Sincerely, Deanna & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on parental abandonment of a child, suicide, racism, and intimate partner abuse. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Our Town! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Roslyn & Brigid This episode contains conversations about existential depression and suicidality. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to The New Deal! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Gaby & Brigid This episode contains conversations about beheading. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Homecoming! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Bryan & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on a man escourting an unconscious woman out of a party, and abusive family dynamics. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Ordinary People! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To pre-order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials Koretsky, Deanna. 2023. "Mystic Falls in Covington, GA: Race, Gender, and Fandom in The Vampire Diaries Franchise." In The Palgrave Handbook of the Vampire. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/112274648/Mystic_Falls_in_Covington_Georgia_Gender_Race_and_Fandom_in_The_Vampire_Diaries_Franchise or https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-82301-6_69-1 Lampert-Weissig, Lisa. 2018. "Blood and Soil in The Vampire Diaries." Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies, vol. 5, no. 1. Available at: https://www.medievallit.org/course_materials/Lampert_publications/Lampert_blood_soil_vampires.pdf Tuck, Eve and Yang, K. Wayne. 2012. "Decolonization is not a metaphor." Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, vol.1, no. 1. Available at: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/18630/15554 For more about Deanna: www.deannakoretsky.com Sincerely, Deanna & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on racism, sexism, suicide, and homophobia. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Ghost World! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Christina & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on grief and torture. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Carmilla! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps To pre-order Black Witches and Queer Ghosts: Race, Gender, & Sexual Orientation in Teen Supernatural Serials go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666926750/Black-Witches-and-Queer-Ghosts-Race-Gender-and-Sexual-Orientation-in-Teen-Supernatural-Serials Le Fanu, J. S. (2022). Carmilla. Mumbai, GENERAL PRESS. "Who or What is Matska in Carmilla?" by Valerie Guyant: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00144940.2014.928253 Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu and Soo Lee: https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3010-192/Carmilla-The-First-Vampire-TPB There's also a free version of Carmilla that listeners can access easily: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10007/10007-h/10007-h.htm For more about Deanna: www.deannakoretsky.com Sincerely, Deanna & Brigid This episode contains conversations that touch on racism, sexism, suicide, and homophobia. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada:

Dear podcast listener, Welcome to Smells Like Teen Spirit! If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating to our pod so we can keep going! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dearvamps Sincerely, Anusha & Brigid This episode contains conversations around sexual assault, suicide, and grief. We want safety for you. If you need help please consider the resources below and take care. Suicide prevention resources: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html Info on grooming: https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitation/grooming/ https://caage.org/help-for-victims-of-adult-grooming/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/how-to-identify-grooming-and-what-to-do-if-you-see-it/ United States: https://www.thehotline.org/ “Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233)” Canada: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html UK https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.survivorsuk.org/ways-we-can-help/#section-1 -Credits- Music by Patrick Hornig Thank you to HBO Max and the CW for our source. Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki - Follow the pod - @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com