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Femmes fatales were standard fare in hardboiled crime stories in 1930s pulp fiction.. A femme fatale (/ ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t æ l,-ˈ t ɑː l / FEM fə-TA(H)L, French: [fam fatal]; lit. ' fatal woman '), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising ...
Theda Bara (/ ˈ θ iː d ə ˈ b ær ə / THEE-də BARR-ə; [1] born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols.
Vamp (firefighter), a slang term for a volunteer firefighter in the United States; Vamp Creek, a river in Manitoba, Canada; Vamp Building, a building in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. Seattle Vamps, a women's ice hockey team; Vamp!, a light novel series by Ryōgo Narita
The vamp (femme fatale) is often a foil for the ingénue (or the damsel in distress). The ingénue is often accompanied by a romantic side plot. This romance is usually considered pure and harmless to both participants. In many cases, the male participant is as innocent as the ingénue. The ingénue is also similar to the girl-next-door stereotype.
In the novel, the three vampire women are not individually named. Collectively, they are known as the "sisters", and are at one point described as the "weird sisters". [4] Although the three vampire women in Dracula are generally referred to as the "Brides of Dracula" in popular culture and media, they are never referred to as such in the novel ...
An off-duty police officer raped a woman at his home after meeting her through a dating website, a court has heard. Exeter Crown Court heard Stuart Mines, 49, had non-consensual intercourse with a ...
In Balkan folklore, a dhampir (Albanian pronunciation:) is a mythical creature that is the result of a union between a vampire and a human.This union was usually between male vampires and female humans, with stories of female vampires mating with male humans being rare.
A post shared on X claims that the woman who asked President Donald Trump to “have mercy” on LGBT people and immigrants was a Catholic bishop. Verdict: Misleading She is a member of the ...