This is officially the most brilliant article ever

[lirazel]

...and all of you who have even the slightest interest in Buffy Summers should go read it now. It's attacking the idea of Buffy being whiny, and the whole thing made me want to shout, "YES!"

It's been posted at ontd_feminism, but there are only 14 comments at the moment and they already make me upset, so I thought I'd post it here so we could have a friendlier discussion where we don't have to defend our love of the later seasons and of Spike and whatever else is being bashed over there.

So! Go forth and read it! You'll be glad you did!

Comments

[blackfrancine.livejournal.com]

Huh. That's interesting that Spider-Man is criticized for being whiny. That might show that it's actually that we're demanding our superheroes to be a caricature of masculinity and strength. Because, as a society, we're accustomed to our saviors being strong, silent-type men on white horses. But if that were true, then people should be more receptive to Closed-off!Buffy. (Sorry, I'm thinking aloud here).

Are there any complaints levied against other female superheroes? I'm just curious whether the kind of criticism Buffy gets is received by other female characters.