"We are not Demons": Homogenising the heroes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
- Dr Jennifer Dowling (University of Sydney)
Sunnydale as an enclave for the white majority (Santa Barbara)
Xander
- everyman
- everything that Buffy and Angel are not
- deep level of shame of his family (violence, alcohol, unemployment)
- held back by his own self-hatred
(Anya, as his mother, so leaves her at the altar)
Willow
- "know your losers"
- 'Rosenberg', raised her eggs (Bad Eggs) as Jews
- teaching role: recognition and acceptance of her intelligence
- OK to be Jewish if you're smart
- misinterpreted Chritian theology to support her magic - NOT JEWISH
- crucifix behind curtains
- Charlie Brown's Christmas
- moves out of home and reinvents herself, aligning with Wicca group
- "Still Jewish here."
- "Well, hello. Gay now."
- she can only be saved by one who knew her before her reinvention (the carpenter)