Just like dusting vampires one at a time will never rid the world of evil, we’re not going to take down rape culture by throwing individual rapists through plate glass windows. Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered twenty years ago last Friday. If that makes you feel old, you’re not alone. I’m approaching 30, and that […]
I want to see Gilmore Girls resist cultural taboos that tell women we need men in order to be affirmed or successful, or that a family absent of men is somehow less of a family than one composed solely of women. My mother died in April 2002, the same week cherry tree blossoms unfurled outside […]
Not seeing yourself reflected in media can also lead to low self-esteem. For me, it caused me to question whether my experiences as a disabled woman even mattered. I’ve never been the target audience for a television show, a movie, or a novel. I’m white—but I’m also a woman, queer, and disabled. Growing up with […]
