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Someone asked me why Buffy is my favorite show and I had to stop myself from writing more than this but this is what I said…

1. Despite its complicated history (the creator turned out to be an abusive asshole) it’s one of the first mainstream successful examples of smart feminist genre tv and it laid the groundwork for everything that has happened since.

2. The show is brilliantly written and uses metaphor so successfully they teach college classes on it. Every episode / monster / dilemma Buffy and her friends face are a parallel for the real life struggles of teenagers.

3. Sarah Michelle Gellars performance across the 7 seasons of the show is a masterclass in acting.

4. It featured one of the first truly fleshed out lesbian relationships on network tv in the US and THE first wlw kiss between committed partners on prime time network TV. I remember the news covering it right after it aired.

5. Season 6 is to date the best depiction of depression I’ve ever seen in any media ever. It’s unflinching, raw, uncomfortable and hard to watch. And having that to watch when I was 13 was really crucial.

6. The way the show built pop culture references into its DNA had such a cultural impact that it’s responsible for turning “google” into a verb.

7. The makeup, fashion, and hair was simultaneously trend setting and a deliberate part of the story telling. You know what’s happening with certain characters based on the colors they are wearing for example.

8. The musical episode was one of the most successful musical episodes of a tv show at the time and it started a trend that tv shows still follow today.

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Here’s the thumbnail for that #whatculture horror article I was talking about in my last post. There’s something fascinating and hilarious about it. First I’m thinking, “Either that lady’s being electrocuted, or she’s having a really good time”. Then I’m thinking, “Maybe it’s both”.

Then it occurs to me, “HOLY SHIT, that’s Jennifer Love Hewitt!!!” And finally I thought, “Hell, maybe it’s all of the above. Who am I to judge? No kink shaming here”. Yep. You do you, Jenny…

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Watching a #WhatCulture Horror video on #YouTube that premiered about an hour ago and FREAKING OUT about it because ONCE AGAIN, I’m watching something brand new that I’ve seen before.

It’s not Deja vu. I know this shit word for word. Does this happen to anyone else?

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