Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers! November 6, 2024 seems like a fitting day to say "Welcome to the Hellmouth," so let us get right to it. Darla is using her combination princess-voice and killer fangs to upend expectations, Cordelia is Cordelia-ing out, Giles has ALREADY CIRCLED A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN RED MARKER, Buffy takes her first trip to the Bronze after encountering a dark and brooding stranger in a nearby alley, Joyce's hair is so short, and Luke is BIG. OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER! bufferingcast.com/book LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials ALL THE SHOWS WE COVER Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH | bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop PODCAST SCHEDULE | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson Edited by: Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristin is talking with with Rabbi Leah Jordan and Pam Grossman — writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history — to dig deep into Willow's Jewishness, her witchy-ness, and how those two identities are in conversation with each other (or how we *wish* they would have been!) across seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This episode contains spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Rabbi Leah Jordan: @leah_solo; Kehillah North London Pam Grossman: @phantasmaphile; pamgrossman.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com MORE ON OUR GUESTS Leah Jordan is Rabbi of Kehillah North London Pam Grossman is the creator and host of internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave ("The Terry Gross of witches" - Vulture), the author of the critically acclaimed books, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power  (Gallery Books) and What is a Witch (Tin Can Forest Press), and the co-editor of the WITCHCRAFT volume of Taschen's Library of Esoterica series. +++ Links from Leah: how Antisemitism and white supremacy are intertwined Scholar Matthew Pateman on Willow's "disappearing Jewishness" great summary of representations of anti-Jewish archetypes in media, with scholar Jonathan Branfman Concepts in Jewish Tradition: Demons & Demonology, Is There a Jewish Afterlife?, Teshuva, or Repentance, Kabbalah and Mysticism 101, Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World, Maimonides (Rambam) and His Texts, Lilith: Lady Flying in the Darkness Genesis, chapter 4, verse 7: "Surely, if you try to do right, There is uplift. But if you do not do right Sin crouches at the door; Its urge is toward you, Yet you can be overcome it.” SVARA: a traditionally radical yeshiva, a queer yeshiva Nonbinary Hebrew Project AND kids now are doing Willow Rosenberg-themed b'nei mitzvah! Links from Pam: Ezra Rose Key of Solomon The Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia) Incantation bowls Hamsa Mezuzah Dori Midnight Rebekah Erev Kohonet Hebrew Priestess Institute Ashkenazi Herbalism by Adam Siegel and Deatra Cohen Margaret Murray Witch-cult hypothesis Gerald Gardner Wicca Starhawk Zsuzsanna Budapest Margot Adler Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Aleister Crowley Dion Fortune Tree of Life/Sefirot (Kabbalah) Kabbalah v. Cabala v. Qabalah Shedim (or sheydim) Golem opshprekherin +++ Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  Produced by: Kristin Russo, Pam Grossman, and Leah Jordan With support from Alba Daza and Mackenzie MacDade Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune +++ SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Faith is back in Sunnydale and we are feeling dirtier than ever, Nathan Fillion's bangs are the most evil part about Caleb, Spike remembers the entire galloping, warm champagne monologue (vampires, they're just like us!), and a lot of other really hard, really bad shit happens because this is Season 7!  We are LIVE from Chicago's Lincoln Hall this week discussing S7E18: Dirty Girls, with special guests Jess Abbott, Rosemary Maybe, Morgan Lutich, and Alba Daza! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comSPECIAL GUESTS Jess Abbott: @jessdanielabbottRosemary Maybe: @rosemarymaybeMorgan Lutich: @lorganmutichAlba Daza: @alba.dazaBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune MUSIC "Dirty Girls" was written, produced, and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs and Jess Abbott Learn more about Jess & her music here: https://tancredmusic.com/SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop +++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got mommy issues, we've got daddy issues, and we've got A LOT OF BULLSHIT! In flashbacks, Spike wants to bring his mom on vacation with Drusilla (lol) and tiny, adorable Robin knocks over a trash can to assist his slayer-mom Nikki. In present day, the power of iTunes 1.0 triggers Spike inside of Robin's cross-laden garage and they FIGHT, while elsewhere Giles behaves like a f*cking asshole. Yes, yes, it is time for Season 7 Episode 17: Lies My Parents Told Me!UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS• July 23: Dirty Girls Weekend: The History of #Fuffy | CHICAGO IRL TICKETS• July 24: Dirty Girls Weekend: Live Taping of S7E18 | VIRTUAL TICKETS• September 17 & 18: Slayers, Every One Of Us: The Two Night Finale • Sign up for virtual ticket notificationsLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comSEGMENT GUESTS Alba Daza: @alba.dazaCharlie Peppers: @charlie.peppersListen to Alba + Charlie's full conversation here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/69033063 Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune MUSIC "Lies My Parents Told Me" was written, produced, and performed by Jenny Owen YoungsSUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopCHECK OUT "SUCKFEST" ON JULY 22 IN CHICAGOberlinchicago.com +++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome, gentle viewers, to our taping of S7E16's "Storyteller" LIVE from Philadelphia!!! We have shirtless cereal pours, many mispronunciations of the word VamPYRE, two oven mitts and a smoking jacket, a history of mirrors, and many Andrew-feelings from special guests Jeremy Rodriguez, Caroline Orejuela, and our very own nemesis LaToya Ferguson!! Massive thanks to World Cafe Live for a wonderful evening and to all of the beautiful folks of Philly for making the night so special!!UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS• July 23: "Dirty Girls" | CHICAGO IRL TICKETS | A Night of Music & Sexy Hellmath• July 24: "Dirty Girls" | VIRTUAL TICKETS | Live Recording of S7E18• September 17 & 18: "Slayers, Every One Of Us" - The Two Night Finale • Sign up for virtual ticket notificationsLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comSPECIAL GUESTS Jeremy Rodriguez: @rodriguezjeremy; https://linktr.ee/rodriguezjeremyCaroline Orejuela: @caroineorjells; https://www.carolineorejuela.com/LaToya Ferguson: @lafergs; https://la-fergs.tumblr.com/ Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune MUSIC "Storyteller" was written by Jenny Owen Youngs, produced by Jenny Owen Youngs and John Mark Nelson, and performed by John Mark NelsonMore on John Mark Nelson: https://ffm.bio/johnmarknelson+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a heaping scoop of racism and colonialist bullshit this week, including but not limited to a very troubling (and problematic af!) origin story of the Slayer line! We also have a damn fine performance by Lalaine, a deep dive into the difference between puppets and muppets (unclear), and Buffy being REALLY OUT OF LINE. Yes, that's right, it is Season 7 Episode 15: Get It Done.UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS• July 23 & 24: A "Dirty Girls" Weekend at Lincoln Hall in Chicago• September 17 & 18: "Slayers, Every One Of Us" - The Two Night Finale • Sign up for virtual ticket notificationsLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune MUSIC "Get It Done" was written, produced and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin Wood is taking Buffy on a date to a hidden restaurant in the alleys of Sunnydale (that makes brandied pears?!), Xander is helping Ashanti pick out the right rope to help tie him up over the Seal of Danzalthar, and the gang has really outdone themselves at home by trying to us a WIRE on Andrew to record The First. Wow. Here we are with Season 7, Episode 14: "First Date."UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS• June 11: "Storyteller" at World Cafe Live in Philly• July 23 & 24: A "Dirty Girls" Weekend at Lincoln Hall in Chicago• September 17 & 18: "Slayers, Every One Of Us" - The Two Night Finale • Sign up for virtual ticket notificationsLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune MUSIC "First Date" was written, produced and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know that feeling when you kiss a girl and it hits you so hard that you turn into the dude you killed last season?! And then you run into the girl who you kept as a rat in a cage for years?!?!?! It is a wild time in Sunnydale this week, folks, and to top everything off Riley Finn flirts with Spike from miles and miles away by lovingly calling him "assface." It is Season 7, Episode 13: "The Killer In Me."UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS• June 11: "Storyteller" at World Cafe Live in Philly• July 23 & 24: A "Dirty Girls" Weekend at Lincoln Hall in Chicago• September 17 & 18: "Slayers, Every One Of Us" - The Two Night Finale • Sign up for virtual ticket notificationsLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune MUSIC "The Killer In Me" was written by Jenny Owen Youngs, produced by Jenny Owen Youngs and John Mark Nelson, and mixed by John Mark Nelson.Vocals by Bess Rogers (as Willow)+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen. We love Dawn, okay? She f*cking rules!! Join us and special guest Jessie Blount as we praise Dawn's virtues, question some of Buffy's choices as head counselor at Camp Potential, welcome Amanda into the fold and dig deep into the history of Snausages. It is Season 7 Episode 12, "Potential." SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US: THE EPIC TWO-NIGHT FINALE OF BUFFERING THE VAMPIRE SLAYER September 17 & 18, 2022 at Brooklyn's Bell House • Pre-Sale: Thursday, May 5th at 10am ET for Buffering Patrons • On-Sale: Friday, May 6th at 10am ET • Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slayers-everyone-one-of-us-2-night-finale-of-buffering-the-vampire-slayer-tickets-330034200177 LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Special Guest Jessie Blount is one half of Hashtag Ruthless Productions, the creators of the podcasts The Gayly Prophet and EsGAYpe From Reality, which are about Harry Potter and the Simon Snow series, respectively. She also hosts a Patreon-only Buffy podcast called We Are The Gayers. Connect with her on instagram @livefromdetroit or on twitter @jessie_detroit Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba Daza With support from consultant Mackenzie MacDade Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune +++ SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know that feeling when you're a centuries-old vampyric ancestor named Turok-Han and you just want to kill a bunch of potential slayers so that you can keep the world's oldest evil happy, but then you wind up at a half-built library and the Slayer herself turns on the spotlights, dons a top hat, and promptly beheads you in front of all of your adoring fans?! It's Showtime, baby...TWO SLAYERS, NO WAITING: A "DIRTY GIRLS WEEKEND" at Lincoln Hall in ChicagoJuly 23 & 24, 2022 — tickets at lh-st.comPre-Sale: Thursday, April 21st at 10am ET / 9am CT for Buffering PatronsOn-Sale: Friday, April 22nd at 1pm ET / 12pm CTLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH & TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UK STORE SALE!Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giles is back in corduroy with some new potential slayer step-sisters, Drusilla as The First is wriggling and giggling about, Xander and Andrew *cannot* stop flirting, and Turok-Han is really, really strong. So strong, in fact, that he almost undoes Buffy... but, battered and bruised, she explains to the potentials and the Scooby gang that if the Hellmouth is gonna f*cking swallow them?? It is gonna CHOKE. ON. HER. It is Season 7 Episode 10: Bring On The Night, and we are ready to rock.GET TICKETS TO "STORYTELLER" AT WORLD CAFE LIVE IN PHILLYJune 11, 2022 LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH & TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UK STORE SALE!Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dear friend of the pod Helen Zalztman (The Allusionist, Answer Me This!) joins us today for a deep dive into linguistics in Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Why does Giles' leatherbound book use a "Y" in Vampyre? Why does television rely so heavily on Latin to convey magic spells? Where does the word "coven" originate? Did Buffy coin the term "wiggins"?! In the words of one Jenny Owen Youngs, wow wow wow Wow WOW.  PHILADELPHIA: "STORYTELLER" AT WORLD CAFE LIVE on JUNE 11TH + https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Buffering-the-Vampire-Slayer-Live-Recording-Storyteller/473902?afflky=WorldCafeLive LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com With special guest Helen Zalztman: helenzaltzman.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune +++ SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH! Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Torrance High School, aka Sunnydale High, with hundreds of your beautiful nerdy faces — and it was one of the best nights of our damn lives. We are going through some of our favorite high-school moments from Buffy, including the infamous Oedipus Rex performance at the end of "The Puppet Show," (17:22) the meeting of The Mayor, Faith, Buffy, Angel and everyone else in "Choices," (33:12) and that romantically terrifying lovers-to-ghosts possession in "I Only Have Eyes For You" (55:14). Oh, and then we prove that Buffy and Faith absolutely totally entirely had sex with each other (1:10:20). It was truly a night for the books. + THE BUFFY + FAITH HAD SEX PowerPoint PresentationTODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO WATCH US LIVE: 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF BUFFY AT SUNNYDALE HIGHAn epic evening of live music, conversation, special guests, and oh-so-much laughter broadcast live from Torrance High School!momenthouse.com/bufferingthevampireslayerLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Special Guests: LaToya Ferguson, Morgan Lutich, Evan Ross Katz, and Joanna RobinsonScoop up Evan's new book "Into Every Generation A Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts" Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Zoe ReganEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH!Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew is cosplaying as Spike and being interrogated by Xander and Anya while Actual Spike is drinking blood out of bags and shattering chairs to bits (at the behest of another More Evil Spike). The scoobies would do well to remember that there are manacles in the basement, and everyone else would do well to remember that they could USE THE DOOR instead of BREAKING THE F*CKING WINDOWS AGAIN. It is Season 7 Episode 9: Never Leave Me! GET VIRTUAL TICKETS TO OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF BUFFY AT SUNNYDALE HIGHMarch 11, 2022 at 7pm Pacific / 10pm EasternAn epic evening of live music, conversation, special guests, and oh-so-much laughter broadcast live from Torrance High School!momenthouse.com/bufferingthevampireslayerLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH!Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to repair all of the broken windows at the Summers' house, see Aimee Mann at The Bronze, and get a little kinky with Spike in the name of detective work! The thing beneath us is also getting PARTICULARLY hot and bothered as we near the mid-point of the season and, perhaps relatedly, several women in Sunnydale seem to only be able to speak in breathy porn voices when they meet attractive vampires who want to bite them. It is Season 7 Episode 8: Sleeper!GET VIRTUAL TICKETS TO OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF BUFFY AT SUNNYDALE HIGHMarch 11, 2022 at 7pm Pacific / 10pm EasternAn epic evening of live music, conversation, special guests, and oh-so-much laughter broadcast live from Torrance High School! momenthouse.com/bufferingthevampireslayerLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++  MUSIC "Sleeper" was written, produced, and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH!Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Guest Hrishi Hirway joins us to discuss S7E7: Conversations with Dead People! Cassie is back in the library making Willow cry (which makes us cry), Dawn is microwaving marshmallows with poltergeists, Spike is on a date, Holden Webster is EXACTLY the kind of guy who would rise from the dead just to tell you about how your womanly mind works, and Andrew is doing very very bad things at the spooky seal underneath the high school. Also, Cassie swallows herself? It's a real journey, folks.GET VIRTUAL TICKETS TO OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF BUFFY AT SUNNYDALE HIGHMarch 11, 2022 at 7pm Pacific / 10pm EasternAn epic evening of live music, conversation, special guests, and oh-so-much laughter broadcast live from Torrance High School!Tickets go live at 1pm Eastern: momenthouse.com/bufferingthevampireslayerLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comSpecial Guest Hrishikesh Hirway: @hrishihirway; https://hrishikesh.co/Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++  MUSIC "Conversations with Dead People" was written & produced by Jenny Owen Youngs and Hrishikesh HirwayVocals by Jenny Owen Youngs+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racismAlba Daza in Conversation with Shaunga Tagore: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-in-62332906+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know that feeling when something from beneath you is devouring and you're like, really trying to sort what the hell that is so you can save the world for like the billionth time, but then some high school student puts on a mystical letterman jacket and then instead of working on saving the world you have to try to bazooka the principal to win over the love of this letterman jacket wearing hottie? Life is hard!! It is S7E6: Him and honestly, scoobies, shit is getting W I L D. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++ MUSIC "Him" was written by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo and performed and produced by Jenny Owen Youngs+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are BACK, the year is 2022, and everything is coming up Anya. We go deeper into understanding Anya's origins and past then ever before, we get a brilliantly horrible CGI spider, Kristin dubs the frat house "Murdercrombie" (did she miss the perfect opportunity to say "Murdercrombie and Witch" — yes, she did) and Jenny expounds on what it means when you call someone "Lemon Drop." We hope that someday we get a spin-off show at the Vengeance Demon Offices, but until that time we will revel in one of our favorite episodes: Selfless! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++ MUSIC "Selfless" was written by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo and produced by Jenny Owen YoungsVocals by Sam Barbera (as Anya) and Bess Rogers (as Willow)• More on Sam Barbera• More on Bess Rogers+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast 31% OFF MERCH UNTIL JAN 19:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buffy is using all of her slayer know-how to be a guidance counselor at the new Sunnydale High and it seems that, as many might have anticipated, those two skill sets do not have significant overlap — though she is great at sharpening pencils. Spike is still feeling very very sad in the basement, Zachary Ty Bryan is here to remind us that boys (in robes) will be boys (in robes), and Cassie's death hits the Scooby gang hard because... what do you do if you know you can't help? LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++ Join us on Patreon:Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast Scoop up all of the Patriarchy-Smashing, Buffy Merch you need:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Want to read more about the history of "Land of the Free"? Here you go:https://the-avocado.org/2021/06/29/history-thread-propaganda-and-poppycock/+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode was taped LIVE and both of us were in the same place at the same time ...to talk about Season 7 Episode 3, "Same Time, Same Place"! HOW NOVEL. Will there be Gnarl impressions? Yes. Will we re-enact the entire scene between Willow and Anya with their sexy candles? Pretty much. Will we get weepy in the end when, as always, chosen family holds strong? Damn right. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++ Join us on Patreon:Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast Scoop up all of the Patriarchy-Smashing, Buffy Merch you need:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a re-airing of "Seeing Red & 'The Monster Myth,'" which originally aired in our Patreon feed alongside Buffy's S6E19: "Seeing Red" We've chosen to re-air this episode in the main feed the week after Season 7's second episode, "Beneath You," to double down on the conversation surrounding accountability, and on the nuance that exists when there is a pre-existing intimate relationship that has to be navigated in the context of harm. You’ll hear Jess talk about those who share childcare responsibilities, finances, and in other ways still have to rely on the person who has harmed them, and also hear us speak to the importance of letting the person harmed — in this case Buffy — dictate the terms of the relationship. Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Sexual Violence, RapeThis episode contains spoilers through the end of Buffy Season 7 •••We are in conversation with Jess Clark, who today joins Alba Daza and Kristin Russo to foster a space for much-needed and nuanced conversation on Spike's sexual assault of Buffy as depicted in S6E19's "Seeing Red." We explore how media has historically shaped what we anticipate and assume about sexual assault, how this episode upends some of those tropes, and how the episode's depiction and the larger arc between Spike and Buffy can be used as a lens to explore much more beyond Sunnydale. ••• This episode was produced & hosted by Alba Daza, Jess Clark,& Kristin Russo Find Alba Daza on Instagram @alba.daza; albadaza.com Jess Clark is the Prevention Manager at Solace Crisis Treatment Center (a rape crisis center) in Santa Fe, NM and a consultant for Catharsis Productions out of Chicago. He has been doing sexual violence prevention for a decade and his work focuses on increasing youth capacity to interrogate systems of oppression, exploring queer/trans masculinites as a site of violence prevention, and supporting organizations in better serving transgender communities through policies and best practices.Find Kristin Russo on Twitter & Instagram @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Find Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Listen to today's episode of Angel On Top in their new feed:bufferingthevampireslayer.com/angelontopEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo Design by: Kristine ThuneLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team •••If you are able, please donate to Survived & Punished: survivedandpunished.org Survived & Punished is a prison abolition organization. We believe that prisons, detention centers, all forms of law enforcement, and punitive prosecution are rooted in systems of violence, including racial, anti-trans/queer, sexual, and domestic violence. Our work specifically focuses on criminalized survivors to raise awareness about the integrated relationship between systems of punishment and the pervasiveness of gender violence. We aim to initiate mass defense projects that will free all survivors, which would require the abolition of prisons and other systems of punishment. •••Further Reading / Papers Referenced by Alba & Jess in episode Bullying Perpetration and Subsequent Sexual Violence Perpetration Among Middle School Students The Undetected Rapist American Perceptions of Sexual Violence ••• We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Beneath You, This Episode Devours.That's it, that's the whole description. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++Check out our Live Taping of 7.03 Same Time, Same Place:momenthouse.com/bufferingthevampireslayerJust Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Join us on Patreon:Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast + Sign up for this season's Secret Slayer Gift Exchange + Jólabókaflóð!https://www.patreon.com/posts/58810365 Scoop up all of the Patriarchy-Smashing, Buffy Merch you need:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sunnydale High School is BACK, and so the f*ck are we!!!! Welcome to Season 7, scoobies. We've got ghost zombies, blueprints, and a brand new principal — not to mention a second ensouled vampire hiding in the basement with every single big bad we've ever met? Buckle up, buckle in, helmets on, let's do this thing. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaWith support from consultant Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++Tickets to November 13th's Virtual Live Taping of Same Time, Same Place:momenthouse.com/bufferingthevampireslayerMore on March 2022's BUFFY PROM at SUNNYDALE HIGH:bufferingthevampireslayer.com/promJust Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH MERCH MERCH:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a part of a four-episode series surrounding 6.19 Seeing Red, Kristin curated a conversation with Emma O'Sullivan — a former Kitten Board member who met her wife on the Willow & Tara boards in the early aughts — and Jen Malkowski, our very favorite "scholar of death," who also happened to be hanging out on The Kitten Board when the show aired. This conversation is both its own capturing of queer history and also a more comprehensive look at the importance of queer representation, the impact of the death of Tara Maclay, and a celebration of Tara, Willow, and the community of queer viewership that has catalogued, spoken up, and held each other through decades of irresponsible media representation. This episode originally aired on our Patreon RSS feed, and we are now releasing it in the main feed!This conversation contains spoilers through Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comJenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comNever-ending gratitude to Emma O'Sullivan, former Kitten board member, who you can find on Twitter @osulliverse, and Jen Malkowski who writes and teaches at Smith College about digital media; documentary; death and dying; and race, gender and sexuality in media. Read more about their work here!Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Episode Curated, Produced & Edited by Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine ThuneRelated Reading: • The Kitten Board's "The Lesbian Cliche FAQ"• Autostraddle's List of "Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters on TV, and How They Died"• Vito Russo's "The Celluloid Closet" +++Just Keep Fighting: Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are heading out of the grave and into the light, dearest scoobies — it is the end, the end of Season Six! WE MADE IT!!!! Dark Willow did not destroy the world, Giles did not die (but did smolder), Dawn efficiently fought off the lobster tree demons alongside her big sister slayer just like she always wanted, Spike, um, well... also got what he (maybe?) wanted?? Hard to really SAY, but we have a lot of feelings as you'd expect and we are so incredibly grateful to have had your company in a season that took us from copper pipes to musicals to depression on the local route, if you know what we mean!! Until Next Season, AWOOOOooOOOOOoOooo!+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++Learn more about the Yidaki:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/yidakiJust Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast +++ SEASON 6 CDS ON PRE-ORDER NOW + BORED MEOW TEES ONLY THRU OCTOBER!https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh mannnnnnn Dark Willow needs to kick every square inch of Buffy's ass and is also driving a truck by standing on top of it and is also making cops take naps and by the way did you know she also has some shit to do with Rack and *also* she would like to do an impression of Dawn whining?!?! A busy day. It is S6E21: Two To Go.Oh, and one more thing? Daddy's home.+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++Just Keep Fighting: Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast +++ BORED MEOW TEES ARE BACK!Scoop one up before they leave the store on October 31st!https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She owes you! She owes you paaaain! Whewwwww, that's right scoobies: Willow has gone and smooshed her vengeance seeking hands into *all* of the dark magic books and slurped up so much dark magic that her hair and eyes have turned black and her voice got an octave lower. This is not a drill! Dark Willow is here and she doesn't need anyone's help because she is going to avenge the death of Tara and, according to her... "she's not coming back." It's Season 6 Episode 20: Villains and we are IN IT NOW.*panicked look to camera*Check out our extra episode today — an interview with Peggy Li, who designed jewelry for the show from Seasons 4-6, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55320733+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune +++ BESS ROGERS IS BACK AS THE VOICE OF WILLOW! Follow Bess and learn more about her music at bessrogers.com / @bessrogers +++Just Keep Fighting: Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcast +++ BORED MEOW TEES ARE BACK!Scoop one up before they leave the store on October 31st!https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amber Benson is here with us, in conversation with Kristin & Jenny, and we could not be more overjoyed!!!! We talk about witchcraft, memories from the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the impact of queer characters on television, the beauty and power of the Buffy fandom, and even that time that Amber thought no one noticed her dancing into a pole in Once More, With Feeling... The biggest of all thank yous to Amber for spending time with us this week, and for everything she has done and continues to do in her brilliant work!!This episode contains spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!Listen to our special episode "Unbury Your Gays" with Kristin Russo, Emma O'Sullivan, and Jen Malkowski: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54817720** This episode will also re-air in the main feed between Seasons 6 & 7 **+++ FIND MORE & FOLLOW AMBER BENSON!• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebma_nosneb• Twitter: https://twitter.com/amber_benson• The Witches of Echo Park: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20949471-the-witches-of-echo-park+++LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++Just Keep Fighting: Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seeing Red is here, whether we want it to be or not! This is one of FOUR episodes we produced and recorded to cover the episode as responsibly as possible. Making space for nuanced conversation on both the bathroom scene (a link to our episode with Jess Clark is below) and the Bury Your Gays trope (episode airing tomorrow on Patreon!) means that here, today, we get some space to have fun with Anya's hatred of men, fish metaphors, Andrew's pina colada, and Kristin singing Jenny's own songs at Jenny, to Jenny's horror. Tomorrow you'll be getting our conversation with THE Amber Benson here in the main feed, as well as a conversation on Tara, Bury Your Gays, and The Kitten Board with Kristin, friend of the pod Jen Malkowski, and listener Emma O'Sullivan.Link to our conversation on "The Monster Myth" with Jess Clark, Alba Daza, and Kristin Russo: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54758651** This episode will also re-air in the main feed between Seasons 6 & 7 ** Time Stamps on our conversation on the bathroom scene: 55:41 - 1:02:19+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ WELCOME SAM BARBERA AS THE VOICE OF ANYA! Follow Sam and learn more about her music at @sambarbera on Instagram + BEGINNERS + L.A. Exes! +++Just Keep Fighting: Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Spike and Anya doing it on the Magic Box table wasn't enough for you (Giles would be scandalized!), then how about Ira Madison III here in-episode with us talking about all of his hottest takes on Season 6?? One thing we all agree on: Xander, shut the f*ck up. +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team WITH SPECIAL GUEST HOST IRA MADISON III Instagram: @irathethird Linktree: https://linktr.ee/irathethird +++ Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba Daza Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ Just Keep Fighting: Community Events Calendar: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Highlighted Event — We Are The Work: https://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/justtalk-andndash-online-premiere +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The bells of hell stopped ringing just long enough for three asshole men to gaslight Buffy (AND US?!) into doubting her own reality! How cool. How sweet. How lovely. HOW CHARMING. Fuck everyone, because yeah it's S6E17: Normal Again and we are pissed. Oh, also, we play a game where we guess all of the groceries that Spike is carrying in his brown paper bag, because we care about you! And hey, if you care about US, go on over and take this short survey to let us know your hopes and dreams for the future of our lil podspace: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/2021survey +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++ Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba Daza Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Duncan, a Pop Culture Scholar, Multidisciplinary Artist & Cultural Worker, is here in conversation with Kristin & Alba — we are talking about the harmful mental health tropes found in Buffy's Normal Again, how common they are across pop culture, and how harmful and dangerous those tropes have been and continue to be!Kristin & Jenny will be here with your episodic conversation on S6E17: Normal Again tomorrow!+++ July is Disability Pride Month!Please, if you are able, donate to Students With Psychosis — an organization that empowers student leaders globally through community building and collaboration. Their goal is to expand mental health/brain health advocacy at the college level to ensure psychosis representation, including a global perspective. DONATE & LEARN MORE HERE: sws.ngo +++LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETSarah Duncan: Twitter @sarah__duncan / Instagram @dame_sarahduncan / sarahmduncan.comAlba Daza: Instagram @alba.daza / albadaza.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++CONTINUED READING / LEARNING Absolutely Stunning List of Supplementary Resources on Disability created by Sarah:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/normal-again NYTimes Review of Girl, Interrupted: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/21/movies/film-review-get-over-it-little-girl-stop-your-whining.htmlMore on Eli Clare:http://eliclare.com/disability/disability-pride? +++Produced by: Sarah Duncan, Alba Daza, & Kristin RussoEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay. Well. In today's episode — S6E16: Hell's Bells — Spike has brought a date to Xander and Anya's wedding (a date, did you know, it is a date) but only cares about Buffy's happiness, Dawn has met a cute demon teen, Clem looks absolutely excellent in his suit, Tara and Willow can't stop giggling, and Buffy is really good at juggling (less skilled at charades). Also in today's episode, Xander's family is a living nightmare worse than any demon we've yet seen, and Xander's lived history of trauma colliding with a demon who wants to return Anya's vengeance for a full refund leave us all very, very upset. Yes, we ARE still in Season 6. Tada!+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++IT'S PRIDE!Donate to Black, trans led organization For The Gworls where funds are raised for Black trans folks to pay rent, cover surgery and medical costs, and help with travel — you can also enter to win one of many amazing Buffy bundles when you donate:DONATE HERE: forthegworls.partyENTER THE RAFFLE HERE: bufferingthevampireslayer.com/forthegworls JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!MASSIVE SALE THROUGH JUNE 28, use code SEASONSIX for 25% off everything!$10+ Patrons get 35% off!LINK: bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our last live-taping of the season, Captain Can-Do is BACK and he has a SCAR and he wears GLOVES and a LEATHER VEST and he has a WIFE named Sam and we LOVE HER. Listen, this is the one where Riley comes back to town to find some demon eggs, Buffy is horny for anyone with or without a pulse, and we ruminate on the temperature of vampire penises? You're incredibly welcome, and yes it is S6E15: As You Were. Link to the LIVEJOURNAL article that blows the lid right off of this episode, thank you to our listener Stephanie for sharing!https://theohara.livejournal.com/162286.html?fbclid=IwAR1qyRfJdabpLiRojDoeLTqNELefP_v1IhbZeRFKW8PhMF84qeRZi2Bdk9A+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++IT'S PRIDE!Donate to Black, trans led organization For The Gworls where funds are raised for Black trans folks to pay rent, cover surgery and medical costs, and help with travel — you can also enter to win one of many amazing Buffy bundles when you donate:DONATE HERE: forthegworls.partyENTER THE RAFFLE HERE: bufferingthevampireslayer.com/forthegworls JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!MASSIVE SALE THROUGH JUNE 28, use code SEASONSIX for 25% off everything!$10+ Patrons get 35% off!LINK: bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ah, it's the annual tradition of marking the birth of Buffy Summers with interdimensional chaos! Halfrek has capitalized on Dawn's wish to keep everyone inside the house, Anya is hoisting a red-shirted boy into the mix (lookout, buddy), there's a demon who uses his sword like a Polly Pocket, Spike has too many muscle cramps to count, and WE LOVE SOPHIE. Yes, that's right — it's S6E14: Older and Far Away.+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If only we could go back in time and be held by the sweet embrace of robot boyfriends, demons on the internet, snake mayors, and bad eggs. Alas, we are here together in Season 6, and today we are discussing Episode 13: Dead Things. Somehow, despite the heaviness of the episode itself, we find ourselves having a LOT to say about one Fatih Lehane, ranting on middle parts and Gen Z, and delighted in sheer horror at what has been done to Buffy's green t-shirt. Join us, we shall journey forth together!For a deeper conversation on the heavier themes in today's episode, please see below for information on the conversation between Alba Daza and Jess Clark!CW: Sexual Violence, Physical Violence +++ JESS CLARK in Conversation with Alba Daza CW: Sexual Violence, Physical Violence Listen here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51142821 As noted in the intro to today's episode, Producer Alba Daza had a conversation with Jess Clark, doing a deeper dive into the trio's attempted rape and murder of Katrina in this week's episode — examining why Andrew and Jonathan, specifically, seem surprised to hear Katrina call it what it is by name, how the trio is specifically positioned to help us examine toxic masculinity, incel culture, and (of course) the patriarchy. Jess Clark is the Prevention Manager at Solace Crisis Treatment Center (a rape crisis center) in Santa Fe, NM and a consultant for Catharsis Productions out of Chicago. He has been doing sexual violence prevention for a decade and his work focuses on increasing youth capacity to interrogate systems of oppression, exploring queer/trans masculinites as a site of violence prevention, and supporting organizations in better serving transgender communities through policies and best practices.A massive thank you to both Jess and Alba for having this conversation. +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Join us in participating in Hollaback's Bystander Intervention Training here:https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/#bystander-stop-harassment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beef-flavored vegetables, dumpster sex, and a penis monster surprise can only mean one thing: we have arrived at S6E12: Doublemeat Palace! Please join us for conversation on the fast food industry, our deep love of Halfrek, Spike's fucking OUTFIT, and why the fuck the Slayer is not a paid position (rant #48656332). LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hung out with the always-wonderful and, of course, splendiferous Clare Kramer! We had so much dang fun talking to her about her new podcast, Fanaddicts (which launches today!), that we decided to put the entire conversation right here in the main feed. A little extra joy for your week, Scoobies! We talk about Jenny's deep knowledge on the mating rituals of stoats, Kristin's newfound-love-of-plumbing, Clare's penchant for using Sharpie on her children's arms, and we review our astrological charts — since this podcast remains committed to being as gay as possible. Enjoy! FIND CLARE + FANADDICTSClare Kramer on TwitterFanaddicts on Apple PodcastsFanaddicts Website: https://www.wearefanaddicts.com/ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: Kristin Russo +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode we have a more in-depth conversation with Natalie Muskin-Press, taking a deeper look at Willow’s arc with her use of magic in this season. Natalie is a Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor who has been working in Higher Education for the last 10 years. Prior to that she spent 3 years working in the community providing Intensive OutPatient Treatment to adults and adolescents and running a residential Recovery Home for women. Her work centers on harm reduction with a focus on prevention, intervention, and education. This episode will contain spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and will also include conversations on themes of substance use, the prison industrial complex, sex work, and mental health. DONATEIf you are able, please send donations to Project Neighbors, and specifically their Solar Conversion Project at projectneighbors.org! If you donate, let us know at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/projectneighbors & you can also enter to win some very fun Buffy prize-bundles. TODAY'S GUEST Natalie Muskin-Press: @mzbitcaIf you are looking into finding treatment options for yourself or a loved one, you can use the SAMHSA Treatment locator: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-treatment+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES National Harm Reduction Coalition: https://harmreduction.org/ Drug Policy Alliance: https://drugpolicy.org/ Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavitz: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663669-unbroken-brain?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=dJ1PyVy1xN&rank=1 North America Syringe Exchange Network: https://www.nasen.org/map/ The Chicago Recovery Alliance: https://anypositivechange.org/ Self-Management and Recovery Training: https://www.smartrecovery.org/community/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A trio of ding-dong boys accidentally turn Buffy invisible but then because they cannot stop yapping they wind up defeated anyway! TYPICAL. We also have Pylon Pudding, dial up internet at the E-Pump, Invisible Ear Lobe Nibbling, Doris the Social Worker and Magic Weed. It is Season 6 Episode 11: Gone! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo Native America Calling: Kokopelli, origins, history and appropriationhttps://nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-june-5-2019-kokopelli-origins-history-and-appropriation/ +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, everyone gathers at the local pool to go swimming and talk about their feelings while sipping on ice cold Coca-Cola! Just kidding! This is the one where we meet Rack and strive to untangle the realities of destructive responses to trauma from problematic tropes attached to substance misuse, the one where Buffy re-dons her post-coital pleather skirt to storm off the set of 1080p HGTV, and the one where Dawn lands an amazing kick to the demon we've named "Razzmatazz" and slaps Willow across the face. Season 6 sure is fun, so join us as we discuss S6E10: Wrecked. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rat Amy is Human Amy once more! There are sheep at The Bronze! Spike and Buffy have inspired a new segment called 1080pHGTV, creating open floor plans a-plenty! Ankle-length pleather skirts be damned, as we have arrived at S6E9: Smashed. The incredible Cory Branan is back with us in today's song as the voice of Spike, and it is very, very good. Listen to more of Cory and learn more about his work at corybranan.com!!! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joan the Vampire Slayer and Randy Giles are battling vampires while Rupey and Anya make out in a sea of disappeared bunnies at The Magic Box, Alex is in the sewers with study buddies Willow and Tara, and Umad is still a pain in our ass! Come for the absolute delight of it all and stay to have your beating heart handed to you as you scream-sing to Michelle Branch at The Bronze... it’s S6E8: Tabula Rasa.We also have a wonderful segment with Natalie Muskin-Press in this episode, a licensed addictions counselor (and massive Buffy fan) who sits down with Kristin to talk about Willow’s use of magic and all that we are seeing unfold between her and Tara, and her and the Scooby gang. Time stamps for that segment are 54:14 - 1:12:20. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++SPECIAL GUEST Natalie Muskin-Press: @mzbitca Natalie is a licensed clinical addictions counselor currently working in charge of drug and alcohol education and prevention at a university in the midwest. If you are looking into finding treatment options for yourself or a loved one, you can use the SAMHSA Treatment locator: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-treatment+++Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special, behind-the-scenes conversation on the making of Once More With Once More, With Feeling, taped live and in conversation with you all!! We are here to answer your questions, argue over mustard, cry about our feelings, unpack the muppety-ness of Jenny's villagers, embarrass LaToya with conversations on levitatilingus, and encourage finding a space for musical harmony with the person you divorce. What a time! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++SPECIAL GUESTSLaToya Ferguson: @lafergsCheck out AMPire Diaries: A Vampire Diaries Podcast + LaToya's Book, An Encyclopedia of Women's WrestlingLaz Marquez: @lazmarquez; lazmarquez.comMack MacDade: @mackmactlksback; patreon.com/MackMacTalksBack+++Produced by: Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++MORE READING ON THE HISTORY OF ZOOT SUITS A Brief History of the Zoot Suit THE POLITICS OF AESTHETICS: LAS PACHUCAS AND THE ZOOT SUIT Mapping LA’s Zoot Suit Riots ‘Zoot Suit,’ a Pioneering Chicano Play, Comes Full Circle The Windrush generation: 70 years of Caribbean fashion +++ JOIN US ON PATREON!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs + more — plus Work Tapes and Writing Session Videos from Once More With Once More, With Feeling!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this musical extravaganza, your hosts Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs find themselves bursting into song, and (gay) flames, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride…It’s Season 6 Episode 7: Once More, With Feeling, and we’ve got 17 original songs inside of one great big musical podcast, with guests Alba Daza, Gaby Dunn, LaToya Ferguson, Mack MacDade, and Joanna Robinson to prove it. Holy hell. +++Created by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen YoungsExecutive Producer: Kristin RussoExecutive Golden Retriever of Music: Jenny Owen YoungsOnce More With Once More, With Feeling Artwork: Laz Marquez bufferingthevampireslayer.com +++ MUSIC FROM ONCE MORE WITH ONCE MORE, WITH FEELINGProduced by Jenny Owen Youngs, John Mark Nelson, and Kristin Russo Arranged by John Mark Nelson and Jenny Owen Youngs Piano arrangement on “Overture” by Ben Thornewill All songs written by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo, except as noted “Stereotype Buffet” written by Alba Daza, Mackenzie MacDade, and Jenny Owen Youngs Vocals performed by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo, with LaToya Ferguson on “Big Fucking Nerds,” Joanna Robinson on “Problematic Fave,” Gaby Dunn on “O! To Be Mentioned!,” and Alba Daza and Mackenzie MacDade on “Stereotype Buffet” Piano on “Overture,” “Big Fucking Nerds,” “O! To Be Mentioned!,” “Gaby’s Ballet,” and “Once More With Feeling,” by Ben Thornewill Drums on “Problematic Fave” and “Stereotype Buffet” by Steph Barker All other instruments performed by John Mark Nelson and Jenny Owen Youngs Special thanks to the Scooby Nerd Choir on “Big Fucking Nerds”: Abram Berry, Alex Kenzel, Allison Colwell, Bree Leach, Cat Brown, Claire Consola, Emily Eck, Emma Riehle Bohmann, Grace Barry, Jaime Nicole Riggs, Jeffrey Burka, Jess Wenstrom, Jonas Mustonen, Katie Larson, Liv Fehlberg, LJ Saxton, Mary Elizabeth Watson, Mary Wulzen, Melanie & JJ Rodriguez, Randy Newbury, Sarah Duncan, Sarah Kamins, Sarah Philbrick, Shannon Bloom, Steph B, Steph Cohen, Whitney Morris Mixed by John Mark NelsonMastered by Jett Galindo at The Bakery Cover illustration and package design by Laz Marquez: lazmarquez.com BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEOS, MUSIC & MORE ON PATREON!!patreon.com/bufferingcastBIG FUCKING NERDS MERCH! VINYL! POSTERS! AHHH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopBuffering the Vampire Slayer Logo by Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer, Alba Daza and Mackenzie McDade do an unapologetic deep dive into the BIPOC experience of invisibility. Join them as they discuss the metaphorical and literal ways that Buffy the Vampire Slayer illustrates the ways that BIPOC experience invisibility. They laugh, they (almost) cry, they tell it like it is, and they are ready. to. scrap. Be it through Buffy’s White Savior Complex, the revolution that is "Graduation Day Part 2," or the pure rage of Marcie in "Out of Mind Out of Sight," they are here to share in the solidarity of two BIPOC women talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, no holds barred.Join them for an Instagram Live Q&A on Buffering's IG (@bufferingcast) on Saturday, January 23rd at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific. More information, suggested readings, and a viewing guide at: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/invisibipoc!! This Episode Contains Spoilers Through Season 7 Of Buffy !!+++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Alba Daza: albadaza.com + Instagram @alba.daza Mackenzie MacDade: Twitter @mackmactlksback + Instagram @mackmactalksback Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++ Executive Producer: Alba DazaProducers: Mackenzie MacDade, Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: Kristin Russo+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples.Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting+++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's always fuckin' something on Halloween, and this week we will get Anya on roller skates, Dawn shoplifting, Xander poking Giles with his hook, Amber Tamblyn, victim-blaming, and Jenny doing an impression of Old Man Kaltenbach that just may top any impression she has done or ever will do? Welcome to Season 6 Episode 6: All The Way. We also have an awesome segment for you from Producer Alba where she is in conversation with Jack Skelton, a teen dating violence prevention social worker who runs a combo counseling and movement building program at a NYC high school. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++SPECIAL GUESTSJack Skelton with Producer AlbaCW: This segment contains a conversation around sexual violenceTime Stamps 1:04:00 - 1:14:30Resources Mentioned in Jack + Alba's Segment Day One: https://www.dayoneny.org/Anti-Violence Project: https://avp.org/Ali Forney Center: https://www.aliforneycenter.org/Save Our Streets: https://www.courtinnovation.org/programs/save-our-streets-sosThe Door: https://door.org/FIERCE: http://www.fiercenyc.org/Audre Lorde Project: https://alp.org/ +++Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++JOIN MACK + ALBA for INVISI-BIPOC: an episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer where Producer Alba Daza & Consultant Mack MacDade delve into the BIPOC experience of invisibility, using episodes and themes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to better understand the ways in which the BIPOC community is made to feel invisible. INVISI-BIPOC will air in the main Buffering feed on Wednesday, January 20th, and will be followed by an Instagram Live Q&A hosted by Mack & Alba on Buffering's IG on Saturday, January 23rd at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific. More information at: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/invisibipoc +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH, MERCH, MERCH!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are LIVE from our respective recording closets and on the very anniversary of Jenny's birth, no less! We've got hard hats and tequila, and we've also got LaToya Ferguson and Joanna Robinson to help us dig deep on S6E5 Life Serial!! They will, of course, also join us in an attempt to re-create Buffy's classic "liquor is gross" face.Thank you to all of you wonderful scoobs who joined us for this live event, a celebration of Buffy's journey through various jobs she SHOULD NOT NEED BECAUSE SHE LITERALLY SAVES THE WORLD EVERY DAY. AwooOoOoooOOO! +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team SPECIAL GUESTS LaToya Ferguson; @lafergs; theampirediariespod.comJoanna Robinson; @jowrotethis; stormpodcast.com +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples.Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW TOTES, ORNAMENTS + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the saying goes, you should really fix that small leak before all your pipes burst and you're suddenly standing knee-deep in water, playing kitten poker, and using a copper pipe to kill a bank demon — all while three ridiculous white men try to take over your town using their complete lack of wit and a moderate heaping of whimsy. It's Season Goddamn 6 Episode Goddamn 4: Flooded. PAY THE FUCKING SLAYER. WHAT THE FUCK. +++LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Land acknowledgements exist to celebrate the indigenous peoples who are the rightful guardians of the land or territory that we as colonizers are inhabiting. A Land acknowledgement also encourages non-indigenous people to recognize that they are on stolen and unceded indigenous land and to directly engage with that knowledge in meaningful and impactful ways. Learn more on land acknowledgements here: LAND REPARATIONS & INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY TOOLKIT Learn what Indigenous Lands You Occupy 'I regret it': Hayden King on writing Ryerson University's territorial acknowledgement CELEBRATION + SPOTLIGHT ON INDIGENOUS WORK AND PEOPLES Listen to Metis In Space: http://www.metisinspace.com/Educational + Activist Accounts @decolonizemyself @decolonizethisplace @Indigenouspeoplesmovement @indigenousrising @lilnativeboy @wetsuweten_checkpoint Artists @melaw_nakehko @notoriouscree @project562 @strikingstick #terigreeves @wendyredstar Authors David Treuer @jakeskeets Joy Harjo @kalimaja @shondabuchanan @tiffanymidge Businesses @ataumbimetals @byellowtail @cheekbonebeauty @eighthgeneration @shenative @tpmocs @trickstercompany +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team SPECIAL GUEST Gaby Dunn: @gabyroad; gabydunn.com/ +++ Our Anti-Racism Library: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/antiracist-libraryOur episode on Pangs: https://radiopublic.com/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-b-6nN5z1/s1!0cce2 +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW TOTES, ORNAMENS, CANDLES (!!!) + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know that feeling when you are ripped out of your peaceful afterlife by your friends and then they are SO LOUD and SO UNHELPFUL plus there is this friggin' energy blob that apparently rode in on your coattails and it just keeps blobbin around and haunting shit?! And all you want is to get away from all the noise and find solace in the posh lair of a chipped vampire who loves black nail polish and peroxide?!?! It is Season 6 Episode 3: After Life, and it is full of a whole bunch of blob and a whole bunch of feelings. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo+++HEY LOOK JENNY HAS A COOL MUSIC VIDEO:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IaAsa1k7dDMFIRST LIVE EVENT OF SEASON 6!Join us and special guests for a digital live taping of S6E5: Life Serial on 11/22 (aka Jenny's birthday!!!) at 6pm Eastern — tickets and information can be found at bit.ly/lifeserialJOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW 'YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG WITCH' TEES + MORE!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices