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Photos from my trip to New Orleans

St Louis Cathedral

Anne Rice’s final resting place

Absinthe

Boutique du Vampyre

Vampire Cafe

Oil lamps at the Pirate’s Alley Cafe

Fangria from the Vampire Cafe

#new orleans #nolalove #vampires #anne rice #louisiana #vampire cafe

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I’ve had these books for over 15 years and paid under $20 for each. I’ve been looking at the prices nowadays, and each book is usually $100 or more. 😳

#true crime junkie #jeffrey dahmer #ted bundy #true crime #rare books #non fiction #lionel dahmer #Elizabeth Kendall

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Good things are coming my way

Good things are coming my way

Good things are coming my way

Good things are coming my way

Good things are coming my way

*I chant as I see four hungry vampires coming my way*

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I was just talking about how I miss Blockbuster.

reblog if you remember what it felt like to walk into blockbuster

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On Fandoms, Age, and Gender: The Politics of “ Putting Away Childish Things”

Weighing in on yet another round of “fan spaces are youth spaces” (aka “go home and knit, old lady” or “You’re old enough to be my/someone’s mom! gross!” )

Consider these thoughts:

There’s a whole set of interests and behaviors that you might become interested in as you grow from child to adolescent to young adult and take greater interest in the wider world.

You might like horses, or dolls.  Or building models.  You might play soccer, or follow baseball every summer and learn about  box scores.   You might follow the college football draft, or love a pop band.  You might deeply admire a rock band and learn to play the guitar.  You might love superheroes and see all their movies.  You might love space opera and collect paperback books.  Maybe you collect trading cards of your favorite team players – or movie moments.  You probably get t-shirts and posters of teams, or media outlets.  You might get deeply into a social or political cause.

Those are all expressions of interest in the world, all with associated social aspects, many with associated creative actions. 

And then you get older.  And here’s the thing about that list.  The things on that list that are “for boys?”   Are also “for men.”   But the things on that list that are “for girls” or “for nerds?” Are only “for children.”  

Adult men wear brightly colored team clothing and paint their faces without shame.   They join fantasy football leagues and hang out online.   They follow Phish (or continuously talk about how they did when that was a thing).  They spend vast sums on tickets to bowl games.   They get excited all over the internet about Geddy Lee’s greatest hits.  They spend long afternoons on the golf course, playing very bad golf.

No one tells them to grow up 

An adult woman who turns a childhood dollhouse into a beautiful scale model of a real Victorian home is “eccentric.”  An adult man who builds a vast HO train layout in his basement is a “train enthusiast.”   An adult woman who displays her favorite Bryer horses is “odd,” an adult man with a shelf of signed baseballs is “a collector” or even “an investor.” 

Adult women making fanart of attractive movie stars is “creepy,’ while adult men decorating their garages with calendar art of scantily-clad very-young women is “just what guys do.”

Interests and hobbies that were feminine and are taken up by men become acceptable.   When The Beatles were greeted with mobs of fainting teen girls, they were a “boy band.”  When young men discovered them, they became Serious Musicians.  

Over and over, across fields of interest, things that girls like are “toys and games and childish” and should be left behind by adults, while things that boys like are “hobbies and sports” that are lifetime pastimes.  And acceptable “hobbies” for adult women?   Most are things that could be coded as household chores, but generations of women have worked to turn into enjoyable pastimes:  knitting, sewing, quilting.  Home decor.  Baking.   Many adult women (myself included) enjoy doing those things in their free time and have elevated them to art forms.  But that doesn’t change the fact that they’re rooted in utility, while “men’s hobbies” are, by and large, rooted in leisure.

Look around you and follow the pattern.  And then, before you ask “Why are adult women in fan spaces,” maybe ask “why do I feel like adult women don’t get to have fun?” 

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Photos of David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians (Waco, TX).

#david koresh #branch davidians #religious cults #cults #true crime #mass murder #religion #mugshot #wacotx #waco #waco siege #wacotexas #rip

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True crime fanatics:

What case or murderer are you tired of hearing about (because of the many shows, documentaries, etc about it/him/her), so you end up not watching new stuff about the case or person?

Mine would probably be Gacy.

#true crime #serial killer #mass murderer #true crime community #serial killers #ted bundy #john wayne gacy #richard ramirez #jeffrey dahmer #aileen wuornos #james holmes #columbine #eric harris #dylan klebold

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Darling fascist bully boy,

Give me some more money, you bastard.

May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman.

~ Neil

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Ted Bundy’s VW Beetle. Crime Museum- Washington DC, 2015.

The Crime Museum is now Alcatraz East in Pigeon Forge, TN, and the Beetle is still there.

#ted bundy #true crime #vw beetle #Volkswagen #volkswagen beetle #serial killer #museum #crime museum #museum of crime #dark tourism

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February 28, 2021

Today is the 28th anniversary of the Waco siege.

February 28, 1993 - April 19, 1993, the siege at Mt. Carmel in Waco, Tx took place.

David Koresh and the Branch Davidians were thought to be stockpiling weapons and were being investigated by the ATF. The ATF planned a raid to surprise Koresh and search the building. On that first day, February 28, ATF agents began to shoot at Koresh as he walked outside to talk to them. Koresh was shot in the stomach, and many other Davidians as well as ATF agents were injured. Four ATF agents and 5 Branch Davidians were killed. Negotiations between the FBI and Koresh took place until April 19 to get the Branch Davidians, especially the children, out of the building safely. Some children and a few adults did leave throughout the siege. On April 19, the FBI sent tanks in to put tear gas into the building to force the Branch Davidians out. Fires were started (either from the gas canisters or started by a person in the building), and because of the strong winds, the fire destroyed the building in about a half an hour. Nine Branch Davidians managed to escape the flames, but over 70, including children, had died.

Up until the mid-2010s, the surviving Branch Davidians still lived on the Mt. Carmel grounds. A new church was built by survivors, and some remains of the past are still there - a swimming pools used by the Branch Davidians, unfinished bunkers and an underground school bus (that led to a bunker) that was smashed by tanks. Today, the person that lives on the property is not a survivor. He forced the survivors off of the land and uses the land as a platform to spew his crazy theories about Koresh, the siege, and politics.

Photos:

1. The new church (2020)

2. The inside of the church

3. The pool

4. “D.K. 92” written on the steps of the pool

5. Tunnel that leads to underground bunker

6. Unfinished bunker

7. Smashed school bus

8. Driveway to the church

9. David Koresh’s grave in Tyler, Tx

10. Graves of Branch Davidians (including Koresh’s legal wife and their children as well as many of his other children and wives)

#david koresh #on this date #branch davidians #wacotx #Waco #religion #Waco siege #atf #religious cults #cults #on this day

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#true crime #american psycho #true crime junkie

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The Ambassador Hotel in Milwaukee, WI.

One of the best hotels I’ve ever stayed at....also happens to be the location of Jeffrey Dahmer’s second murder.

#jeffrey dahmer #true crime #true crime locations #dark tourism #Milwaukee #my photos #serial killer

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The Zodiac just released a statement, he wants everyone to know that he is not Ted Cruz.