ttps://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/e2b40afd-8dd4-4265-acfa-4306bf498436/image3.jpeg?t=1760181392) Follow image link: (https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-learned-how-to-bleed-my-boyfriend-to-indulge-my-vampire-kink/) Caption: -------------------- ## It’s That Time of Year, I Guess Last month, I received an email from a writer dangling a tantalizing proposition: she had signed up for a phlebotomy course. However, unlike the health professionals and medical students who’d also taken the course, Claire Lindsay had done so for the express reason of “indulging her vampire kink”: **_“I’m incredibly turned on by blood… while most people would be happy enough just to live out these fantasies vicariously via B-movies, I’ve always loved the idea of wearing someone’s blood as a necklace. Unfortunately, this isn’t the sort of thing you can reveal to a one-night stand. It’s hard to convince someone who doesn’t know your full name to let you slide a needle into their arm and wear their life force as an amulet._** **_“Then, at the beginning of the year, everything changed. I met a guy… I knew he was the chosen one, and it was time to collect his blood.”_** See how Claire navigated the suspicions of her peers, “a brief flush of shame,” and a fairly horrifying ‘training arm’ during her crash course in venepuncture. Read About Claire’s Adventures (https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-learned-how-to-bleed-my-boyfriend-to-indulge-my-vampire-kink/) We have some fairly huge news coming to you next week. Till then, **Kevin Lee Kharas** Editor, VICE magazine _Lead military e-girl picture by Ferry Gouw_ -------------------- ### _Psssst… _ _To get past the paywall, __**[_sign up for VICE membership_](https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-summer-issue-of-vice-magazine-is-out-now/)**__. A Digital Only subscription is $2 a month and turns off all the ads on _[_VICE.com_](https://VICE.com)_. Meanwhile, $70 a year gets you the full digital package plus 4 issues of VICE magazine, delivered straight to your door._ ---------- ——— You are reading a plain text version of this post. For the best experience, copy and paste this link in your browser to view the post online: https://vicemagazine.beehiiv.com/p/re-gen-z-slanderGen Z SlanderVICE undefined"pfeifferj@archlinux.ch" pfeifferj@archlinux.ch<"