Joss Whedon
Creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity. Formerly a writer for Roseanne (TV series). Currently a writer for The X-Men. Deal to do a film version of Wonder Women went down the tubes in February, 2007.
Whedon, Women, Feminism
Whedon is well known for his representations of strong girls and young women, and for explicitly stating that he is a feminist and wants to do feminist work. (Too many links! Where to begin?)
He has some detractors, who see potential issues with his treatment of strong older women.
- "Please stop. You'll kill them." by Karen Healey, "Girls Read Comics (And They're Pissed)" at Girl Wonder
Whedon, Race & Ethnicity
Whedon's' work has not been as successfully anti-racist as it has been feminist.
- "Joss Whedon & Race" discussion at FSF Blog and Whedonesque (2006 July)]
- Again with the Inscrutability! (Claire Light at Hyphen, 2005/10/9)
- Discussion at Girl Wonder.
External Links
- Joss Whedon, speech at Equality Now, transcript + link to video at YouTube http://cindywrites.livejournal.com/144435.html
- Whedonesque A blog of news about Joss Whedon, his projects, and cast and crew of his projects