Comments on: In Defense of Abstinence-Only Vampirism

By: Washington City Paper: The Sexist - Totally Devastating Twilight News!

Washington City Paper: The Sexist - Totally Devastating Twilight News! — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:35:24 +0000

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Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:24:04 +0000

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By: Washington City Paper: The Sexist - Podcast: Five Minutes* You’ll Never Get Back

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:45:59 +0000

[...] week, City Lights Editor Mike Riggs and I discuss the pros and cons of cinema’s most recent abstinence-only vegetarian tween vampire phenomenon, Twilight. (Our usual cohort, Intern Bobby, gets a pass this [...]

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:12:16 +0000

I don’t know. God?

By: Aaron Leitko

Aaron Leitko — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:24:46 +0000

Are Mormons Christians? Has this been settled?

By: Mdesus

Mdesus — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:30:58 +0000

again I just feel the need to reiterate I was count chocula for 3 consecutive Halloweens. I’m just waiting for all the twilight propelled ass to come my way.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:40:48 +0000

Long story short, I would totally do it with him.

By: Swift Edgar

Swift Edgar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:34:03 +0000

So my problem with the whole abstinence thing was two-fold: one, the actions of vampires are and always have been something of a sexual metaphor (they always seem to go after nubile maidens, and the loss of life/loss of virginity connection is a long-standing literary topos [think big bad wolf]), so adding the literal abstinence requirement for keeping Bella (reference to Bella Lugosi, I hope?) alive seemed to be piling it on a bit too high; and two, why does their sex have to result in her death? Why can’t they be a couple of high-schoolers who don’t want to sleep with one another? The whole abstinence-requirement just seemed to get in the way of the movie. I wanted them to just do it so they could stop staring at each other and get on with some sort of plot.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:31:50 +0000

You’re right, Jian. But hey—pseudo-Christian? That’s close, right?

By: Jian

Jian — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:30:22 +0000

technically it’s “Mormon” tale, not Christian.

…wait a sec, what if HBO takes this idea and makes some unholy amalgamation of “Big Love” and “True Blood?”

By: Bobby Allyn

Bobby Allyn — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:42:14 +0000

I thought vampires couldn’t/weren’t interested in having sex.

I guess only Sweedish vamps are celibate: http://www.edinburghguide.com/files/images/Let%20the%20Right%20One%20In%20Still%201.300×225.jpg

Thankfully, Dummies.com cleared up my misconception. phew:

While the act of feeding replaces all physical urges, vampires can still indulge in sex and even take pleasure from it. Curiously, however, the emotional aspect of sex vanishes after the Embrace. A vampire might enjoy the physical sensation of sex, but no more than she enjoys a particularly savory smell or the touch of a luxurious fabric.

By: Erin Shea

Erin Shea — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:36:47 +0000

So I went to high school with this kid named Edward Cullen and the Publishers totally tried to get him to take his Facebook page down, thinking it was a weird fan fiction profile. Luckily, he prefers “Ed” anyway.