Sep 4, 2007 | Contents Page Only, Volume 11
Editor, Angela Ndalianis CONTENTS 1. Lesbian Pulp Television: Torment, Trauma and Transformations in The L Word – Rebecca Beirne 2. Here Endeth the Lesson: The Relationship of Buffy and Spike – Suzie Weis 3. On the Beach – Martyn Pedler 4. Feminism...
Sep 4, 2007 | Television, Volume 11
Discussing the 1950s and 60s in a paper on lesbian pulp fiction, Yvonne Keller characterises the era as a time where “Dominant culture sought a return to a mythical pre-War, pre-Depression ‘normality’ visioned in ideologically conservative terms,” a time of increased...
Sep 4, 2007 | Television, Volume 11
Introduction When the murderous vampire Spike was first introduced in Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s second season, he appeared to be just another ordinary adversary for Buffy Summers. After four seasons of mutual loathing and disgust however, they were about to embark...
Sep 4, 2007 | Film, Volume 11
“It’s the perfect place for it.” Ava Gardner on shooting a film about the end of the world in Melbourne, Australia. You have no clue who Ava Gardner is, or Gregory Peck or Fred Astaire, and if this is Melbourne it’s a mystery to you, whoever you...
Sep 4, 2007 | Television, Volume 11
Introduction Feminism and commercial television have never been happy bedfellows. Since feminism was brought to the attention of the general public in the 60s and 70s, there has been something of a wary stand off between it and television. This is not to say that...
Sep 4, 2007 | Film, Volume 11
Age 13, After Seeing the Film VIVA ZAPATA I liked to watch Brando in the sweet dark. Up there on the screen, he mirrored my ego. Life is flawed. Teen years are tough. Movies can be the top escape for the cowed. A horse gallops free, the West shimmers, Mexico’s...
