Ugh. I've never thought of those two instances in terms of Buffy's confidence eroding. My shipper heart wants to jump up and down and yell at everyone that SPIKE HAS CONFIDENCE IN HER, DAMMIT! and SHE THEREFORE SHOULD BE WITH HIM! and then my feminist heart says SHE DOESN'T NEED AFFIRMATION FROM A MAN ANYONE! And I hate that she's now the butt of a joke and that all the blame for Twilight has gone on her shoulders. If you ever want to read some snarky feminist take-downs of the comics, shipperx has a great BtVS tag. There's an especially good post on why whitewashing Angel in A&F doesn't work.
It was the Origin Stories vid I was linking to. Have you read some of the links on this page? Lots of good stuff.
I get so excited linking stuff to you! It makes me feel old and wise in fandom, when in reality I'm Iron Age to many people's fandom dinosaurs!
And screw not finishing your masters! That just means you can call yourself an Independent Scholar!
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Date: 2013-10-13 10:16 pm (UTC)A MANANYONE! And I hate that she's now the butt of a joke and that all the blame for Twilight has gone on her shoulders. If you ever want to read some snarky feminist take-downs of the comics,It was the Origin Stories vid I was linking to. Have you read some of the links on this page? Lots of good stuff.
I get so excited linking stuff to you! It makes me feel old and wise in fandom, when in reality I'm Iron Age to many people's fandom dinosaurs!
And screw not finishing your masters! That just means you can call yourself an Independent Scholar!