Whedon and the male gaze Continued

  The "male gaze", which is the way in which women are depicted from a masculine viewpoint, is a useful lens to critique a text's view towards woman.  The "Teacher's Pet" episode from Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his...

Cabin in the Woods and Female Iconoclasm

The presence of stereotypes in works of literature, film, and music establishes a canon of information for the audience to derive assumptions for. Assumptions are made and thus subconsciously the audience begins to decipher the meaning which they associate with...