Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Bad Blood: The Quiet Misogyny of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
To understand Joss Whedon’s nerdy repackaging of entitlement toward women and their bodies, one must look no further than the subtext of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
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Joss Whedon and the Persistence of Prioritizing Male “Creative Genius”
What if we cared more about justice than “male genius?”
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“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Empowered Women By Tapping into Ancestral Forces
It’s through magic that Willow Rosenberg gains an unparalleled confidence and power that eventually rivals even Buffy Summers’s own superhero nature. When brute strength and even brains fail (as they often do), it is magic that saves the Scoobies time and time again.
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“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Celebrated the Joy of Female Power
Despite her petite frame, Buffy can turn around and kick the bad guy’s ass. Her diminutive size is a fake-out. Such assumptions about girls and girl power work as sneak-attack feminism throughout the series, teaching politics about bodily autonomy through superheroism.
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“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Taught the Value of Female Aggression
Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed me that aggressiveness is an important part of a woman’s personality, something she could not be whole without.
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