tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post3948751158340899380..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Buffy Slayage Conference, Parti DeuxNikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-71611937370703514452010-11-04T16:42:54.348-04:002010-11-04T16:42:54.348-04:00The professors are wrong about the Giles/Walsh exc...The professors are wrong about the Giles/Walsh exchange.<br /><br />Walsh is a baddie, through and through. Giles is a goodie, through and through. That about covers it.<br /><br />The "girl" interchange doesn't reveal the secret limitations of Giles, or the limitations of the show's feminism, or anything of the sort. It's a baddie being a jerk. Walsh affects concern for Buffy by implying that she's a better mentor (and a better person) than Giles because Walsh calls Buffy a woman while Giles uses the word girl ... but of course it's 100% bull. The terminology is immaterial. The reality is, Giles would die for Buffy and is a wonderful mentor (and father figure), whereas Walsh doesn't give a damn about Buffy and is happy enough to kill her. <br /><br />I am willing to believe that there are limits to feminism in Buffy, sure. Perhaps I will read the paper to see if the professors found better examples.John Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-29949992033272291672008-06-13T23:10:00.000-04:002008-06-13T23:10:00.000-04:00KD: LOL! That's great... but I'm still not convinc...KD: LOL! That's great... but I'm still not convinced (sorry, Mr. Hicks). ;) Welcome to the blog! I hope you stick around, I loved your comment. <BR/><BR/>Heraclitus: Thank you so much for having us all there. This conference couldn't have happened without you!Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-12481297321121894722008-06-13T14:07:00.000-04:002008-06-13T14:07:00.000-04:00Nikki,Thanks for the kind words. It was great hav...Nikki,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words. It was great having everybody in my little part of the world. I was quite taken with your keynote and I'm quite pleased you've posted it.<BR/><BR/>Pax,<BR/>Kheraclitusunpluggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10896611123160093180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-26214570638223420772008-06-13T10:55:00.000-04:002008-06-13T10:55:00.000-04:00there's no good use of drugs that I can think of.W...<I>there's no good use of drugs that I can think of.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, there's always Bill Hicks' assertion that we wouldn't have any quality rock and roll without the existence of drugs. It's an argument I find far more plausible than Terence McKenna's theory that evolution couldn't have happened without magic mushrooms. :P Still, I very much like the Overeaters comparison; that's a perfect analogy if ever there was one.<BR/><BR/>Also, I love your blog! Just found you through Whedonesque.com and it's great to read about Slayage and your thoughts on TV. :)K. D. Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08869441916618645309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-47753595412313733522008-06-11T22:09:00.000-04:002008-06-11T22:09:00.000-04:00Jennifer: That's so sweet of you to say my keynote...Jennifer: That's so sweet of you to say my keynote was a highlight, thank you! I'm also relieved to see I wasn't the only one who thought that about the paper. :) It was so nice to meet you!<BR/><BR/>Sarah: LOL! Yes, I have many more stories about the bugs!! I'll contact Ryan and give him your address, and hopefully you two can connect. :)Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-74103242532929529362008-06-10T18:13:00.000-04:002008-06-10T18:13:00.000-04:00Nikki,I'm so glad you gave a keynote at the confer...Nikki,<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad you gave a keynote at the conference, it definitely made me feel all nostalgic and weepy. :-D And thanks for informing me about the mutant bug we saw on the sidewalk -- I'm the girl who was poking it around with my shoe trying to figure out what the hell it was, lol. I remained wary and kept my eyes out for those disgusting things the rest of the weekend. :-D<BR/><BR/>Question for you -- I spoke with Ryan for awhile at the conference but didn't get his contact info; I was interested in discussing his thesis with him further. Did you happen to get his email address or last name? If so I'd greatly appreciate it if you could send me his info, my email address is smkeough@uwm.edu.<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll come to the next conference, everyone I talked to thought it was awesome that you came. And the things you mentioned at the Buffy Bookers session were especially helpful -- my dream has always been to publish a book someday, so that info will definitely be useful for me later on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-71797962198947166252008-06-10T12:42:00.000-04:002008-06-10T12:42:00.000-04:00Hi Nikki! I hope you had a safe trip home from Sl...Hi Nikki! I hope you had a safe trip home from Slayage (I sat next to you at the Chinese Buffet we went to on Saturday). I completely agree with you about the feminism paper. Even though I could see several of the paper's specific points, the points just didn't quite add up to their conclusion for me (the conclusion being that Buffy's feminism is a limited second-wave type). But I also agree that it was very valuable to see another side of the argument represented.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for posting your keynote. It was one of the highlights of the conference for me.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224748072789873249noreply@blogger.com