How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
by Evan Ross Katz
Uberfan Katz has written an amazing background book about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Just over half of the book goes into depth on each season of Buffy, followed by the rest of the book breaking down the relationships both on and off of the set, accusations about Whedon, and (most importantly) the show's impact on individuals and culture as a whole.
There are a number of real issues in television culture that are covered from LGBTQ+ issues to the lack of POC. Those issues are discussed in both the positive as in Tara and Willow's relationship to the negative as with the "bury your gays" trope. There is an entire section devoted to the depiction of POC in the show and the lack of representation there.
But most of the book is about the positive impacts of this show on the people who watched it when it first came out, the people who are watching it now, television as a whole, and what it all means to people.
Rating: 4/5
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