A Conversation with Dr. Kendra R. Parker (TVDU Spoiler-inclusive)

Episode 18 • December 06, 2024 • 01:01:13
A Conversation with Dr. Kendra R. Parker (TVDU Spoiler-inclusive)
Dear Vampire Diaries
A Conversation with Dr. Kendra R. Parker (TVDU Spoiler-inclusive)

Dec 06 2024 | 01:01:13

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Show Notes

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

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