Mind the Tags

Anne Rice's vampires don't sparkle

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Join Emily and Vee as they explore the fascinating career of Anne Rice, from her Vampire Chronicles to the Jesus-y stuff. Emily details Anne's problematic relationship to fanfiction, which culminated in the infamous "Spec Writer Massacre." Warning: at least a third of this episode is giggling about Bryan Fuller's pride month posts on Instagram. 

Topics include: Anne Rice, Vampires, Interview with the Vampire, Lestat, fanfiction

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Sources from today's ep:

  • QUEER LOVE! brought to you by Bryan Fuller
  • Flop House Mini 152 - Pride
  • Whump on Fanlore
  • What exactly is whump? on Reddit
  • White Wedding by Kathleen J. Woods
  • Anne Rice on The Vampire Chronicles Wiki
  • Tom Cruise IWTV thread on Reddit
  • Anne Rice interview about gender
  • Interview with Anne Rice about creating Lestat
  • Anne Rice on identity, gender, faith, and writing IWTV on Reddit
  • alt.books.anne-rice on Fanlore
  • Anne Rice’s war on fanfiction: The Spec Writer Massacre by shasha not sasha
  • Where has Anne Rice fanfiction gone? on Croatoan Fanfic
  • Spec Writer Massacre on Fanlore
  • Our episode with Marc Greenberg, Esq on copyright and fanfiction
  • How fan fiction is conquering the internet and shooting up book charts by metrowebukmetro
  • The Sleeping Beauty Quartet on Wikipedia
  • Happy pride to Louis and Lestat

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    Thank you to Erik Potteiger for producing our song and Haflacky for our logo design. 

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