Buffy the Feminist Slayer? Constructions of Femininity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Gwyneth Bodger

Feminist critique of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has tended to describe Buffy as a symbol of female empowerment. In this essay, Gwyneth Bodger considers both the character and the series to be very problematic, and undertakes a revised feminist critique of the show. Exposing the Buffyverse as patriarchal fairy tale that seeks to subvert rather … Continue reading Buffy the Feminist Slayer? Constructions of Femininity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Gwyneth Bodger