UuultraC, Dracula, and Monstrous Desire
UuultraC
When Bram Met Walt
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/novemberdecember/feature/when-bram-met-walt
"A Wilde Desire Took Me": the Homoerotic History of Dracula
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/11248/summary
The Mediation of the Feminine: Bisexuality, Homoerotic Desire, and Self-Expression in Bram Stoker's Dracula
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40754849
“Dracula” Author Bram Stoker’s Extraordinary Love Letter to Walt Whitman
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/01/09/bram-stoker-walt-whitman-letter/
Comments (5)
It's all just another flavor to me. It's funny how some flavors/fetishes are lobbied so hard for mainstream acceptance while others are just out right condemned. Seems pretty hypocritical to me, but I'm probably just thinking that cause I'm "something" phobic, right? LOL
We definitely live in a world where not all flavors are seen as equal. I'm going to occasionally have to touch more on politics when I cover certain games and flavors. I understand that will make some people uncomfortable, so I really try hard to be careful about what positions to take a firmer stand on. Sexuality and flavors are even more complicated to deal with because of the personal "disgust response" that all humans seem to have to certain flavors.
I've had many years of healing, and given the homophobia that still exists in society, I don't think my grandfather is wholly responsible for my scars. The main thing is the pain is gone now, and I can benefit from separating what is fear born of trama, what is fear born of social taught phobias, and what my heart truely leans towards (even when it can't over come the fears). But your talk helped on the side of truth and love for me today, and so my thank you note.
Thank-you for covering this topic, and concluding with a call for open discussion emphasizing "no shaming, just gaming." And, you're right. I didn't know that about Bram (or Walt Whitman ... though I did know about Oscar Wilde, so I guess I'm not totally gay-ignorant). For me it's difficult because I believe my sexuality puts me some where closer to "bi" than "hetero", but I was abused by my grand-father as a boy and have a lot of very deep fears that get in the way of appreciating that side of my self or that type of games. .... But I can certainly get behind appreciating the diversity of expresion both in sexuality and game choice that others have.
I'm sorry about your experience. Unfortunately not many people watched through the credits to the after portion. That's just my inexperience with this medium showing. I understand that specific game types and flavors are going to garner a lot more attention, but I am still committed to covering other flavors and subjects even at cost of views and subs.