Feminism In Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Buffy the vampire slayer is a television show that aired in the 1990s. it summers the life of a teenage girl with super power that withstands the hardships of society. Although women are overly sexualized in modern television, Buffy the vampire slayer stands up for feminism as Hill says in her article: “Feminism is central to the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)” (Hill, 2012).

This series portrays Buffy as the super strong heroin who is and charge and saves the day. Her character combines strength with her feminine side. “She is the slayer.” However, Buffy holds on to her markers as a girl (e.g. ice-skating, fashion)” (Bercuci, 2017). During the first season Buffy struggles with two other female characters, Cordelia Chase

Faith in the show is the reflection of buffy in a mirror, you could say she is the dark slayer and what buffy could have become. They both come from different back grounds, Buffy from a middle class and Faith from a working class. This makes their lives completely different. This shows how social pressures and social problems such as poverty takes part in the shaping of feminism. Later in the show, buffy starts becoming like Faith, and a scene comes where the two of them are holding knives to each other’s necks. Faith draws her knife away and kisses buffy on the forehead and tells her not to become like her. This scene shows a deep bond of sisterhood that hints in favour of feminism. It is trying to deliver a message that women’s friendship and bond is very important in empowering each other. And it also teaches that women should not confine themselves in the stereotype of being a mean or a bad and that those attributes and in favour of their power not against it. “Buffy and Faith’s connection is constantly acknowledged throughout the show – it is often suggested that they speak a language that only the two of them can understand, and while there is rivalry between them, there is also affection. This sisterly bond (which some have very convincingly argued has lesbian undertones) is symbolically depicted in the scene in which Buffy