part one: the heroic outsider
part two: Dawn and outsider knowledge

( I'm Xander and I can prove it! )

(part one: the heroic outsider)

Part two of the trouble with insiders

( the burden of the outsider )

Herein lies the newest meta series in the works - this time dealing with the Insiders vs. Outsiders Narrative that Buffy operates on through all seven series. (I am not going to touch on the comics because ugh, that's why.) Although this is all related to my larger Dawn project, there's going to be a lot less Dawn in this series than usual. Mostly ( Read more... )

Part One: Free Will and the Created GirlPart Two: Finding a Will, Finding a Way ( Read more... )

I've been planning on posting this for months now - but have (obviously) had RL $h*t getting in my way ( Read more... )

Another segment straight from my brain! This dwindled out towards the end and I got a little gushy/silly. I just have a LOT of Summers-girls feelings that aren't limited to Buffy and Dawn (Faith, that poor forgotten middle-Summers) which came out a little bit down there at the very end. I also am not sure if I really did this section justice, but ( Read more... )

This wraps up Dawn's kleptomania by discussing her specific relationship to objects. I actually really like this bit quite a lot. Hope you do, too!

Introduction: Re-thinking Buffy's Feminism
Presentation: Dawn's Alternative Feminist Narrative
Kleptomania pt 1: Dawn and Buffy - the Rebellious Teen

[Kleptomania: Dawn's relationship to Objects]+ Kleptomania (pt 2)

Dawn’s attraction to ( Read more... )

Herein lies (the beginning of) a list questions and comments from the discussion that took place after my presentation... or rather, the thinking and speculation that occurred because of some very specific points that were made in the discussion ( Read more... )

What, you think I never watched you?
The Transformative Power of Watching and Voyeurism in the Buffyverse[Herein lies the actual presentation as submitted]The character of Dawn Summers, introduced in the fifth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, acts as a fan of the story she is on the fringes on. She has her own tv-boyfriend (Xander), her own OTP (one true pairing - Willow/Tara), her own ( Read more... )

Okay ya'll - I went to an academic conference during my fandom hiatus. And it was great. ((News from the academia side of the aca-fan spectrum? everyone is a Dean Winchester stan. It's actually pretty cute.)) And my presentation went over really, really well --- like, people stopping me in the hallway for the rest of the conference to talk about ( Read more... )