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The Rodarte Sisters List Their Favorite Buffy Episodes

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:30:00 EST

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Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte have listed their favorite episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, whom they call "one of the most powerful female characters ever developed." Included are Season 2's "Passion," and "Becoming" (the one where she kills Angel), Season 3's "Consequences" and "Prom," Season 4's silent episode "Hush," Season 6's sing-along "Once More, With Feeling," and Season 7's "Conversations With Dead People." The Mulleavy sisters write that, "Before she was 'chosen' to be a slayer, Buffy Summers was a typical teenage girl with average ambitions. She seemed like the ditzy blonde that is usually murdered alone in the alleyway." That difference between her appearance and her abilities is, they say, one of the greatest things about the cult show. "She was asked to save the world in every episode. She lost her mother, her life (a few times), and those nearest to her. She was almost always selfless, and always fast with a quip. She was always the person to root for." What's your favorite episode? [Rookie] More »

Buffy Without Joss Whedon Is A Stab In The Heart

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:01:00 EST

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Yesterday, it was announced that a new Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie is in the works. Good news! Oh, wait: Bad news. Buffy creator Joss Whedon is not involved. More »

Looks Like Dawn and Buffy Have Been Shopping For Giles!

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:56:00 EDT

[Los Angeles, August 25. Image via Flynet.]

Joss Whedon To Direct An Episode Of Glee

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:40:00 EDT

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Since "Once More With Feeling" is one of my guilty pleasures, I embrace this news. Something to sing about! [EW] More »

Women Play Mostly Supporting Role Within Male-Dominated Vampire "Trend"

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Today's New York Times has a "Thursday Styles" section story about a "trend with teeth": Vampires. More »

A Buffy Animated Series: In The Works

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:40:00 EDT

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OMG. Scoobies, Spuffy, Hellmouth, how I have missed thee. [TV Overmind] More »

Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire...

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:20:00 EST

Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on his theory of "womb envy:" "It's a very simple theory and I gave it a silly name, but basically it just seemed to be a fundamental thing that women have something men don't, the obvious being an ability to bear children, and the resilience to hang in as parents. I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of "women are inferior." Men not only don't get what's important about what women are capable of, but in fact they fear it, and envy it, and want to throw stones at it, because it's the thing they can't have." [Mother Jones] More »

Katherine Heigl's Emmy Snub Might Be A Stand For Strong Female Characters

Jessica G. — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:30:00 EDT

So Katherine Heigl told The Emmys to eff off because she "did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization." While many (including brother site Defamer) think Katherine is being an ungrateful C-U-Next-Tuesday, crapping all over Grey's Anatomy, the television show that brought her fame, maybe she's just taking a stand against the Grey's constant portrayal of women as victims. Over on Radar's website, my girl Willa Paskin points out that Meredith Grey is the ultimate victim. "The pinnacle of the Grey's star's victimhood really came last year, when the thinnest "doctor" in North America was pushed into the ocean and elected not to swim, in a genuine, if slightly halfhearted, suicide attempt." As Willa says, televised victimhood is not defined by how bad your sob story is; its' your reaction to your lot in fictional life. In short, it's all about attitude. "True victims don't have any." Who's the biggest tv victim of the past 20 years? More »

Sarah Michelle Gellar Enjoys Sunnydale Day

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:15:00 EDT

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What Does Buffy Have To Do With Baghdad? An NPR Reporter Explains

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:30:00 EDT

NPR reporter Jamie Tarabay witnessed and experienced awful and frightening things while she was in Baghdad. So she turned to her heroine: Buffy Summers. From Buffy The Vampire Slayer. "Buffy always managed to remind me that in the end, she was just a girl, like me," Tarabay declares. It's been eleven years since The Slayer first hit American televisions, but she remains not only one of the most popular characters, but — unlike so many of the sitcom moms and lovelorn teens on other shows — a young woman that other young women actually relate to. So what does Buffy have to do with Baghdad? More »