Buffy: the evolution of a valley girl
- Janelle Tassone (University of Melbourne)
The Valley Girl
- product of the 80's
- ultra-feminine, 2D, materialistic
- cash supply
- wardrobe (That is so 5 minutes ago.)
- the mall
- transportation
- the boyfriend: star sportsman, provider of transport
- valley girl-speak (indignity of ignorance)
- mobile phone/pager
Cultural capitalist status.
Why Buffy doesn't drive:
- proximity of Evil.
- her knowledge of her space is not possible from a car.
Valley girls generally don't survive the psycho killer
- sexual promiscuity is punished.