Last week was #buffyslays20, and Buffy is an excellent example.

For another, while I agree that a woman doesn’t need to have it all to be a hero — heroes often don’t have it all because what makes them heroes is that they sacrifice to serve — heroes don’t have to be alone to be heroes. In fact, they are rarely alone. But somewhere, in our need to prove that women are just as whatever as men, we decided that women c…
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Leslie Loftis
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Mar 13, 2017
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Last week was #buffyslays20, and Buffy is an excellent example. When feminists co-opted her for the gender wars, they denied the hero she actually is. Praise for her tough girl spunk and cheers for her super fighting power overshadowed the themes of duty, honor, self-sacrifice, as well as how much Buffy depended upon others, many, many times.
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