Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon’s enduring series, portrayed adolescence as it is often felt by those experiencing it: pure hell. Leading the team capable of battling hell’s demons was a 16-year-old girl named Buffy Summers, who was for many of us, a formative feminist icon. Whilst heroines such as Lara Croft earned their power by adopting typically masculine gender markers, Buffy was different. The show delighted in its protagonist’s teen-girlness and…
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