https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍷" title="Weinglas" aria-label="Emoji: Weinglas"> thread of non white vampires, edits and credits will be given where credit is due. Because not all vampires are pale aristocrats and vampires can serve as social metaphors for anything but they most commonly represent outcasts, immigrants, lgbtq+, poc and oppressed people https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍷" title="Weinglas" aria-label="Emoji: Weinglas">

Firstly some shameless self promotion. https://twitter.com/futurehelene/status/1294090094790361089?s=21">https://twitter.com/futurehel... https://twitter.com/futurehelene/status/1294090094790361089">https://twitter.com/futurehel...

Just doing my part to boost black voices, being black writers in this case. https://twitter.com/kurtyconner/status/1302264907019227138?s=21">https://twitter.com/kurtyconn...

Also, writers note I’m aware of the double edged sword that is representing oppressed people as blood drinking creatures of the night, but to me as a biracial, bisexual feminine aligned enby I always sympathized with the “monster” (example: Lestat and Akasha) more than feared +

them I’m not saying you have to agree with me, but according to Anne Rice Vampires are the greatest representation of outcasts she ever encountered. So this is just me showing that my favorite monster is more identifiable than some puritanical English teacher might claim.

Also, I don’t like twilight but I’m still going to acknowledge it’s black vampires because we’re so starved of good representation all around and as a woc and as someone analyzing media I’ll take what I can get.