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1. At church, we had a sermon or speech on "unsolving the woman problem" - ( Read more... )
2. This is by means of introduction to three interesting female television genre writers, who are in some respects far more versatile then some of their male counterparts. Say what you will about Marti Noxon, Jane Espenson and Rebecca Rand Kirshner's work - they have with courage and dignity carved a place for themselves within the television landscape, taking on writing jobs on series that their male counterparts on Buffy never would and coming up with a far more versatile resume as a result.
I've always found fandom's worship of male show-runners a bit annoying.( Read more... )
1. Marti Noxon
( Marti's bio )
( more on Marti and her episodes, including quotes from various interviews )
( Various Marti Episodes on Buffy and how they dealt with gender )
Jane Espenson
( Jane's Bio )
( interview links and snippets )
( a breakdown of Espenson writing for Buffy and how it dealt with gender issues )
Rebecca Rand Kirshner
( Rebecca's Bio )
( links and interview snippets )
( Rebecca Rand Kirshner Buffy episodes and how they relate to gender issues and the themes of this post. )
All three women writers added a certain degree of balance to Buffy and their work like all media, comments on societal constructs. They've gone on to carve paths for themselves in a difficult field. Some with more success than others.
What is not known about their contributions to Buffy?
* Jane Espenson came up with the idea for Robin Wood as Nikki's son. She also came up with a lot of the monsters.
* Marti Noxon created the characters of Spike and Dru and their relationship. Drusilla is Noxon's creation. Noxon also wrote and directed the ending of Fool for Love. In addition Noxon sung the theme song for Cordy's tv show in Birthday. And Noxon created the characters of Anya and Tara, as well as cast both roles. Anya is in some respects based on Noxon's own lack of a filter and is close to the writer in real life. Willow and Tara were based on a close friend of Noxon's lesbian relationship.
* Rand Kirshner Sinclair - became the go-to person for crazy or insanity in the series. She also helped with the Spike/Harmony and Spike/Buffy relationship, along with Willow/Tara.
2. This is by means of introduction to three interesting female television genre writers, who are in some respects far more versatile then some of their male counterparts. Say what you will about Marti Noxon, Jane Espenson and Rebecca Rand Kirshner's work - they have with courage and dignity carved a place for themselves within the television landscape, taking on writing jobs on series that their male counterparts on Buffy never would and coming up with a far more versatile resume as a result.
I've always found fandom's worship of male show-runners a bit annoying.( Read more... )
1. Marti Noxon
( Marti's bio )
( more on Marti and her episodes, including quotes from various interviews )
( Various Marti Episodes on Buffy and how they dealt with gender )
Jane Espenson
( Jane's Bio )
( interview links and snippets )
( a breakdown of Espenson writing for Buffy and how it dealt with gender issues )
Rebecca Rand Kirshner
( Rebecca's Bio )
( links and interview snippets )
( Rebecca Rand Kirshner Buffy episodes and how they relate to gender issues and the themes of this post. )
All three women writers added a certain degree of balance to Buffy and their work like all media, comments on societal constructs. They've gone on to carve paths for themselves in a difficult field. Some with more success than others.
What is not known about their contributions to Buffy?
* Jane Espenson came up with the idea for Robin Wood as Nikki's son. She also came up with a lot of the monsters.
* Marti Noxon created the characters of Spike and Dru and their relationship. Drusilla is Noxon's creation. Noxon also wrote and directed the ending of Fool for Love. In addition Noxon sung the theme song for Cordy's tv show in Birthday. And Noxon created the characters of Anya and Tara, as well as cast both roles. Anya is in some respects based on Noxon's own lack of a filter and is close to the writer in real life. Willow and Tara were based on a close friend of Noxon's lesbian relationship.
* Rand Kirshner Sinclair - became the go-to person for crazy or insanity in the series. She also helped with the Spike/Harmony and Spike/Buffy relationship, along with Willow/Tara.