love this and how it was an "alibi" since it was "horror" and allowed you to smuggle queer-coded content into your home without detection. Buffy was such a touchstone for young Gen X and older Millenials generations. something we can agree on!
“But suddenly, a splinter appeared. A validation of cognitive dissonance: Willow could go from liking guys—Oz, Xander—to liking girls. Maybe it wasn’t too late for me, either?”
THIS!!!
while the elders who purport that xyz will make you gay, they miss the part that you simple find an option where you least expect. you learn through the exposure, of new paths you can hike down, that were always there, you just needed a torch to see the path!! that splinter didn’t turn you gay, it merely allowed a glimpse into what you could be and what could make sense for you!
I loved this post so much! I went to a talk years ago about a queer reading of buffy, and I love how much it means to queers. Also, your image captions are brilliant!!!
I was well out and being a dyke on bike by the time Buffy came along. Watching late night returns of Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in black and white on the Avengers lit my teeny tiny prepubescent pilot light of lesbian passion. But I did have a crush on Faith.
I feel a warmth, kinship/connection, in the insights of your self-recognition.
What a lovely essay!
(When I was a young gayboy in the dawn of the 1970s, Jonny Quest reruns were available only on trips to New York City. I reckon Sailor Moon's parents weren't yet born. And while my experience of Jonny Q wasn't so different from yours — I hardly remember the bland Jonny or Dr. Quest at all, didn't understand the story lines — I had "funny feelings", delicious ones, with no real-life reference, toward Hadji and Race Bannon.)
Oh my goodness…thank you for reading and for relating about Jonny Quest! Gay boys watching that show are bound to get some funny feelings. And Race, I believe, is the platonic ideal of the silver fox.
love this and how it was an "alibi" since it was "horror" and allowed you to smuggle queer-coded content into your home without detection. Buffy was such a touchstone for young Gen X and older Millenials generations. something we can agree on!
Yes!! It was something that had to happen in the dead of night. Thank you for reading 🧛🏻🧛🏻🧛🏻🧛🏻
Love this post, and have been writing about Buffy for a few months now, because "[someone else] kicking ass is comfort food" in these times: https://shealone.substack.com/?utm_medium=reader2
“But suddenly, a splinter appeared. A validation of cognitive dissonance: Willow could go from liking guys—Oz, Xander—to liking girls. Maybe it wasn’t too late for me, either?”
THIS!!!
while the elders who purport that xyz will make you gay, they miss the part that you simple find an option where you least expect. you learn through the exposure, of new paths you can hike down, that were always there, you just needed a torch to see the path!! that splinter didn’t turn you gay, it merely allowed a glimpse into what you could be and what could make sense for you!
I loved this post so much! I went to a talk years ago about a queer reading of buffy, and I love how much it means to queers. Also, your image captions are brilliant!!!
Thank you so much for reading 🥰
I was well out and being a dyke on bike by the time Buffy came along. Watching late night returns of Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in black and white on the Avengers lit my teeny tiny prepubescent pilot light of lesbian passion. But I did have a crush on Faith.
Oh yes! For me it was Xander 🫠
I feel a warmth, kinship/connection, in the insights of your self-recognition.
What a lovely essay!
(When I was a young gayboy in the dawn of the 1970s, Jonny Quest reruns were available only on trips to New York City. I reckon Sailor Moon's parents weren't yet born. And while my experience of Jonny Q wasn't so different from yours — I hardly remember the bland Jonny or Dr. Quest at all, didn't understand the story lines — I had "funny feelings", delicious ones, with no real-life reference, toward Hadji and Race Bannon.)
Thanks again for this piece.
Oh my goodness…thank you for reading and for relating about Jonny Quest! Gay boys watching that show are bound to get some funny feelings. And Race, I believe, is the platonic ideal of the silver fox.
She was such an icon to us little gay children