![]() Yet it has been clear, for years, that something may have gone down between Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia on both Buffy and Angel, and Whedon, who created both series. It was also easier to ignore the rumors about the show’s creator, Joss Whedon, because he had long been held up as a geeky demigod and feminist hero. Or how the show pulled a “ bury your gays” on Tara and Willow. Or the utter lack of any characters of color. Like how characters on the show are always punished for having sex. ![]() It felt easier to ignore the problems when we were just obsessed teenagers. And it sure felt that way, and for its time it certainly was, but every time I rewatch it as an adult, the cracks are clearer. ![]() ![]() “Feminist” is what critics called it, over and over. Buffy broke through the ’90s teen soap noise with an empowered hero who flipped the script on what women could do onscreen. We could quote the best moments and endlessly debate the usual fandom controversies, though we always seemed to land back on “Spike or Angel?”īuffy and her Scooby Gang were an important part of the formative years for many women of a certain age. Watching Buffy was a ritual, a night of worship of our favorite demon-slaying cheerleader. We’d find ourselves bleary-eyed and exhausted as the sun rose, but sleep wasn’t on the table. ![]() We’d pick a season and stay up the whole night, watching the entire thing straight through. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was the star of every sleepover I had as a teenager. ![]()
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