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

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/

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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

Blacula
Scream, Blacula Scream
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vamp (with Grace Jones)
Vampires vs. The Bronx
Blade

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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