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Critics, bloggers, and others have expressed concern that the extremely popular Twilight series of vampire romance novels and films presents a romanticized portrait of intimate-partner violence. In this field note, I argue that a sex-positive response to the issues raised by these works might involve not just educating their core audience of teenage girls about the dangers of abuse, but also appreciating the appeal of fantasies of submission.