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gabrielleabelle

The Feminist Filter: Homecoming

May 30, 2012 13:08

Und one more!

Forgive me if I fail to respond to comments. Discuss among yourselves and be awesome (as usual).

My hiatus goes back in effect roundabouts...nowish.

Mission Statement:This series is intended to outline the feminist text of each episode so as to provoke and encourage open discussion. It's not so much about making value judgments ( Read more... )

the feminist filter, s3 has vamp!willow, gabs gets feminist, btvs, btvs: meta

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Friday June 1st, 2012 livejournal June 2 2012, 04:32:05 UTC

User audela referenced to your post from Friday June 1st, 2012 saying: [...] applies the Feminist Filter to Homecoming [...]

mcjulie June 3 2012, 15:53:46 UTC

One interesting thing I have learned in this feminist filter series is that most episodes seem to have more dead boys than dead girls. And insults, whether directed at women or at men, always seem to be about female sexuality ( ... )

red_satin_doll August 17 2012, 15:09:56 UTC

This episodes never resonated with me much, because the whole "prom queen" thing was so far outside my high school experience.

*nods in agreement* My experience was somewhere between the girl who becomes invisible and Willow's (teasing, being expected to help others w/homework, etc)

But it becomes kind of interesting when viewed in terms of Buffy looking for social power, because she will need that in order to vanquish the bad guy in the finale.

I don't think I'd ever put two and two together on that the way you have. Huh, ( I only watched the episode once - not a favorite.) It is interesting in that in S2 her focus is all (mostly) on Angel, whereas in S3 she has more room to explore other areas of her life and other people/problems (esp Faith). Angel is still there, but constantly with one foot out the door. But that's my memory of it, so I may be wrong.

That's not where her social power is going to come from.Excellent point. I guess the inverse of Homecoming is The Prom; she shows up looking like a feminine princess, yes, ( ... )

mcjulie August 17 2012, 17:34:09 UTC

Perhaps that's part of what makes that scene/episode so lovey: all of her selves, the Slayer and the Girl, are honored and acknowledged

I've always found that scene very touching -- that could easily be why.

I'm sure it's no accident that Faith reappears in S7

Oo, good point!

red_satin_doll August 17 2012, 20:36:03 UTC

Oh that should have been "lovely". What I get for not spell-checking. Thanks for reading my assorted babbling.