Buffy & Spike

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and to a lesser extent its spin-off Angel) is a feminist ipakita intended to have an inspirational message about young women being strong, but I sometimes see male netizens claiming the ipakita is hatefully anti-male. They say that Joss is a misandrist (man-hater) who uses the ipakita to make women hate men to the point of enacting violence against them. This, however, is a complete misunderstanding of Buffy, Joss, and feminism in general. While there are some individual feminists who are misandrists, feminism is not misandristic in and of itself, and mainstream feminism strives...

You know you’re a Buffy tagahanga when…

You can sing all the songs from “Once madami with Feeling” from memory…and if you can’t you stare at the words until they are engrained in your brain.

You can quote Buffy verse that is appropriate for every moment…and your mga kaibigan look at you like you’ve grown a third eye.

You spend your grocery money on the complete Buffy series boxed set

You stay up till 2 in the morning watching reruns on fanpop

You spend hours searching for the imitation Claddagh ring Kohl’s has in their jewelry department

You decide to take up ice skating after watching “What’s...