The Earth Is Not Doomed: A Weekend With Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs
I followed Kristin and Jenny at FlameCon, New York City’s gay comic con, as they spread their love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the LGBTQ community to everyone they met.
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9 90s TV Lady Crushes Who Changed My Life for the Gayer
Let’s take a Skip-It down memory lane and explore my 9 most influential telecrushes from the 90s.
(Almost) Every Piece of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 20th Anniversary Merch, Preemptively Reviewed
A rundown of all the things you can celebrate the 20th anniversary of Buffy by buying.
Once More With Feeling: A “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 20th Birthday Roundtable
Buffy is a queer rite of passage. Everybody’s got a Buffy story. These are some of ours.
10 Costume-Within-A-Costumes for Halloween Inspired by Your Fave Female TV Characters
Costume advice from someone who takes Halloween costumes way too seriously!
Rejoice, For Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs Have A Podcast About Buffy the Vampire Slayer
It’s called Buffering the Vampire Slayer and there’s gonna be original song recaps in each episode. It’s true!
Lesbian Kisses On American TV: The Definitive History Of Everybody Freaking Out Over Nothing
We’ve come so far since same-sex kisses on television only happened once in a show’s entire run, rarely involved lesbian or bisexual characters and generally were obscured by somebody’s hair!
Fan Fiction Friday: The Top 10 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Femslash Fics
This week, Buffy celebrated its 18th birthday, so we’re rejoicing with some sexy Faith/Buffy and Willow/Tara stories.
Top 17 Most Devastating Breakups in Lesbian Television History
In honor of the I BROKE UP LIKE THIS ‘zine, we present 17 times queer female couples on television broke each other’s hearts and also our own.
The Top 15 Witches According to My Bruja Heart
I’m pretty sure most of us who were weird kids grew up wanting to be witches, I know I did.So let’s celebrate that fact!
7 Badass Ladies of “Buffy” and the Halloween Costumes They Inspire
From vampires to their slayers, Buffy‘s got you covered.
Our Willow, Ourselves
Is Willow’s insistence on identifying as gay, not bi, a biphobic or bi-erasing gesture? Or is she actually something separate, something more progressive and interesting than bi erasure – a strong, dynamic character whose sexual orientation is genuinely fluid?
35 Behind-The-Scenes Photos Of Lesbian Characters From Your Favorite TV Shows
Behind-the-scenes pics from teevee shows with queer storylines, from “Ellen” to “Orange is the New Black” to “Buffy” to “Pretty Little Liars” to absolutely everything in between. You’re gonna love it, we promise.
Read All Of The Books: The Fall 2013 Queer Books Preview
The 50 most essential queer books coming this fall.
What I Learned From Buffy About All The Versions Of My Queer Girl Self
“At any given moment, you might turn into a rat, a demon, a werewolf, or a lesbian. In Sunnydale, no one was ever what they seemed, and by the time you’d figured someone out, they had already turned into someone else.”
Let’s Talk About Fictional Kickass Heroines: Katniss, Xena, Buffy and More
Here at Autostraddle, we love kickass women. We’re presenting a list of 20 of our favorite kickass fictional heroines as a way to jumpstart this feelingsfest and leaving the rest up to you!
I Just Now Saw: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Welcome to “I Just Now Saw,” a new column in which I attempt to conduct conversations about television shows you watched ten years ago and I just now saw for the first time. First up: BUFFY!
Newly Available Behind-The-Scenes Badassery With Buffy Is Way Worth Watching
Vanessa’s Team Pick: Wanna see behind-the-scene footage from some of Buffy’s epic fight scenes? Yeah, I thought so.
Keeping Buffy Relevant Forever: Limerick Edition
Vanessa’s Team Pick: Next time someone tells you Buffy is no longer relevant, stake them in the heart. No I’m totally kidding (sort of) but you can show them this new blog of limericks about the Scoobies instead.
Buffy (and Other Strong Female Characters) Are Saving the World Offscreen, Too
As it turns out, watching strong women kick ass is good for society and your mental health.