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<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/> Comics not for
kids
anymore…<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/comics-not-for-kids-anymore/>by
DCG <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>
<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/buffy.jpg> Buffy
gets her teeth into politics: Vampire Slayer to have an abortion
after drunken one-night stand
Daily
Mail<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099708/Buffy-Vampire-Slayer-decides-abortion-having-drunken-unprotected-sex-party.html?ito=feeds-newsxml>:
She was the fresh-faced heroine of many a teenaged boy. Pretty, at high
school, dealing with the typical problems of growing up - albeit a Chosen
One with a mean line in killing demons - Buffy the Vampire Slayer was the
attractive face of fighting evil.
But after several series of the hit action show, Buffy has now gone off
the rails - and found out she's pregnant after a drunken party. And in
what is sure to infuriate the U.S. anti-abortion pro-life lobby, Buffy has
decided to have a termination an abortion.
After trailing the latest issue with the teaser that Buffy is 'distracted
by a rather personal problem', *her character is seen telling vampire
Spike - who may or may not be the father* - that her life is in freefall:
'I'm going to have an abortion.
'I'm barely able to hold onto a job. I live with roommates who are about
to kick me out. *And I can't even hold my alcohol well enough to remember
who got me pregnant.* I can handle the Slayer stuff … But everything else
I'm not ready. At least not now.'
The award-winning TV show, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, ran from 1997
until 2003, but her story has been continued by creator Joss Whedon in
comic book form. He told Entertainment Weekly: '*A* *woman's right to
choose is under attack as much as it's ever been*, and that's a terrible
and dangerous thing for this country.'
'*I don't usually get soap box-y with this*, but the thing about Buffy is
all she's going through is what women go through, and what nobody making a
speech, holding up a placard, or making a movie is willing to say.
'It's something that over a third of American women are going to decide to
have to do in their lives. But people are so terrified that no one will
discuss the reality of it — not no one, but very few popular
entertainments, even when they say they're dealing with this issue, they
don't, and won't. It's frustrating to me. I don't think Buffy should have
a baby. I don't think Buffy can take care of a baby. I agree with Buffy.'
And he told reporters: *'Buffy was always about the arc of a life*, and it
wasn’t ever going to be one of those shows where they were perpetually in
high school and never asked why. 'It was about change. So there’s never a
time when Buffy’s life isn’t relevant.'
Writer Andrew Chambliss added: 'Given the specifics of Buffy's life at
this point in the season - facing a new kind of vampire threat, barely
able to keep a job - it seemed like it would be dishonest for Buffy to not
at least entertain the question of whether she should keep or end the
pregnancy.'
But, writing in Life.news.com <http://life.news.com/>, Calvin
Freiburger said: 'Whedon’s talk of abortion being a "painful" decision for
young women may be true as far as it goes, but such rhetoric is often code
for pro-choicers who really mean it’s too painful a decision for any of
us judgmental anti-choice yahoos to intrude on.'
It's not surprising that the creator Joss Whedon would do this. He despises
<http://another-hollyweird-multimillionaire-rants-against-capitalism/>capitalism
and instead lauds socialism as “beautiful.” Just another round of his "soap
box-y" rant.
The Green Lantern comes out
<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/duct-tape-time-yet-again/>as
a gay homosexual superhero, superhero Northstar marries
<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/gay-superheroes-inspire-homosexual-marriage/>his
boyfriend Kyle, and Superman renounces
<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/superman-renounces-u-s-citizenship/>his
U.S. Citizenship. All in the name of "change." I miss the good ol' days
when Archie couldn't decide between Betty and Veronica :)
h/t Anon
DCG
*DCG <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>* | July 30,
2012 at 4:00 am | Tags: Buffy the Vampire
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