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Bad girl Quote by Lorna Jowett

“I suggest that across the seasons of Buffy there has been an increasing exaggeration of bad girls...In some ways, instead of challenging these stereotypes of bad girls, the show has emphasized them. This matches the development of the show's good girls.” quote by Lorna Jowett — Download Open image

““I suggest that across the seasons of Buffy there has been an increasing exaggeration of bad girls...In some ways, instead of challenging these stereotypes of bad girls, the show has emphasized them. This matches the development of the show's good girls.””

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“...the character's failure to move with the times leads to death, suggesting the anachronistic nature of this [hyper/stereotypical] type of masculinity.”

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“...Spike may be the most "hybridized" character in terms of gender, within the show he is presented until the last moment as a failure.”

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“The display of Angel's body and the sexual reaction it provokes lead to the revelation of his vampire nature: as he kisses Buffy, he…

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“...the new man cannot exist without the old monster masculinity. All the new men are aware of how masculinity is constructed and therefore how…

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“That both Riley and Warren are attracted to independent young women is an interesting contradiction that serves to valorize the agency of the "girls"…

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“Spike is sensitive not only in that he is easily hurt but also in the "feminine" way of being attuned to situations, relationships, and…

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“Good partners offer the "reward" of romance, but these girls cannot have power and a successful relationship, partly because of the demands of serial…

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“...his [Angel's] body is displayed semi-naked at least as often in scenes of woundign or torture as in "bedroom" scenes (season 2 scenes with…

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“Throughout the relationship Spike has ignored Buffy's denials, even though it was fairly clean that Buffy's "no" didn't mean no and ambivalent scenes such…

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“Thus angel embodies neatly the idea that "the muscular body functions as a powerful symbol of desire and lack." Angel is manly but not…

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