by Marjam Idriss and Frankie Mace
Soooooo I just googled Elizabeth
Báthory / Haha What did u find? / Just a lot
of torture No biggy They say Bataille was
deviant My my / Haha yeah that is her cultural
heritage rly. Lots of torture / Wild /
I mean I think she’s an interesting enough
character to feature in lots of poems So far
ive only seen her figure in horror films / It’s time
to rehabilitate her / I meeeaaan / Canonise /
Not sure she can really be rehabilitated / Like
the Marquis de Sade / Yeah true / Imagine the rage,
such ungovernable rage / Yeah ok let’s do it. Everyone
knows Sade, Báthory shld be famous too / Yes
Can we only imagine her motives? I want
to read the court record I see her screaming
in a fortress bloody as Carrie / That is
another poem again Beautiful / I’ve a gift Ha /
There was an article I read that imagined a bit
abt her life etc. for The Toast everyone’s favourite blood
countess I disagree w the toasts angle abt historical
murderous lesbians being a negative stereotype But
fun article still / What’s that film about
the female serial killer in the states? They made
some stunning actress ‘ugly up’ (Hollywood ugly) / Oh
god what’s it called again I forget The name of the woman
that film was based on is in that poem actually / Charlize Theron
/ Ha / Monster! / Monster!! No the real life lady As in
Monster is based on a true story Urh that film
is soooo sad tho / So sad I remember it felt so
bleak it sort of empties you out / But
there’s like 10 adorable mins where they r happy
together and I try to remember that bit / You are
a romantic / Like when she has some money & they
get that flat / So great / But then obv Horrible
horrible things / Then degradation, prostitution and murder
Not that I have a problem with sex work of course But
sex work out of desperation feels troubling Especially accompanied
by violence and murder / Ofc. But I mean in the film
there’s like her being a sex worker and that being ok
and then just rape and exploitation and danger
danger / I can’t actually remember how
it all goes wrong / This guy rapes her and then she kills him
and steals his money right / That seems a kind of righteous
justice / And then she treats her gf and they r
super happy so she figures she’ll stop
being a sex worker and just start killing
people & take their money instead / Ah It’s a fall into
temptation / Like in a lot of ways it’s such a male
horror story – the idea of a sex worker who is dangerous
and can kill u / So actually it’s her refusal of
patriarchal capitalism that destroys them / When
really the power is def shifted the other irl Yeah
defs And then she gets caught obv and. goes
to jail and never sees gf again / Horrible / Not
that I am pro murder But I mean / I was
def rooting for Charlize / Same
