Werewolf Wednesday

Happy Werewolf Wednesday, everyone! This week I’m going to talk about a book that significantly influenced by decision to write a werewolf series of my very own: “She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves”.

Werewolf Wednesday

Happy Werewolf Wednesday, everyone! This week I’m going to talk about one of the werewolf characters that significantly influenced me as I constructed my own world of wolfy wonder: Oz from the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Knowledge – Potentially Dangerous: An Essay on Buffy and Foucault (Part 2 of 2)

While others’ views of Dawn are very much altered by this sudden revelation, they are not changed nearly as drastically as Dawn’s view of herself. Realizing that she has an important role to play in unfolding events, realizing that she has a power few others have (and with that power, a responsibility to use itContinue reading “Knowledge – Potentially Dangerous: An Essay on Buffy and Foucault (Part 2 of 2)”

Knowledge – Potentially Dangerous: An Essay on Buffy and Foucault (Part 1 of 2)

“In every generation a slayer is born. One girl in all the world, the Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer” (Buffy).  For more than seven seasons, fans of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer tuned in weekly and heard thisContinue reading “Knowledge – Potentially Dangerous: An Essay on Buffy and Foucault (Part 1 of 2)”

Inspiration – M*A*S*H and the Ways War Changes Us All

I’ve always enjoyed watching older television shows. The channel TV Land was a favorite with my sister and me, and we could sit for hours watching Barney Miller, Cheers, The Munsters, and many other series from before our time. But one show which I only watched in passing as a child has become much moreContinue reading “Inspiration – M*A*S*H and the Ways War Changes Us All”