Failure 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…

— Lorna Jowett

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

— Lorna Jowett

“The show tries to offer its young female characters postfeminist identities that break down gender boundaries and hybridize gendered characteristics to produce new versions…

— Lorna Jowett

“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…

— Lorna Jowett

“Transgressions is the attraction of any dead boy, but as with openness of other more minor characters, this functions both to enlarge and restrict…

— Lorna Jowett

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

— Lorna Jowett

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

— Lorna Jowett

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

— Lorna Jowett

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

— Lorna Jowett

“...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…

— Lorna Jowett

“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…

— Lorna Jowett

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

— Lorna Jowett