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.
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