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Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/07/dollhouse_dvd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/07/dollhouse_dvd/index.html?source=rss The first season DVD of Joss Whedon's drama offers an extra episode -- the show's darkest and most promising yet By Laura Miller Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/23/vampire_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/23/vampire_fiction/index.html?source=rss The spirit of the Vampire Slayer lives on in the kickass young heroines of urban fantasy fiction By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/02/12/dollhouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/02/12/dollhouse/index.html?source=rss Shined to a high gloss for Fox, Joss Whedon's long-awaited new drama still boasts enough flair and smarts to overcome its damning time slot. By Joy Press Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/02/11/joss_whedon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/02/11/joss_whedon/index.html?source=rss The creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" talks about his new series "Dollhouse," the perils of sex trafficking and life as a cult icon. By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/06/buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/06/buffy/index.html?source=rss Our fifth annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land. By Laura Miller Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/30/Twilight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/30/Twilight/index.html?source=rss Preteen girls -- and their grown-up moms -- are sinking their teeth into Stephenie Meyer's gothic "Twilight" books by the millions. Move over, J.K. Rowling. By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/14/buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/14/buffy/index.html?source=rss Our fourth annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land. By Lynn Harris Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/18/nothing_but_red/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/18/nothing_but_red/index.html?source=rss Joss Whedon's anti-misogyny manifesto inspires a book. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2006/11/01/college/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2006/11/01/college/index.html?source=rss Can TV favorites like "The O.C." and "Veronica Mars" survive when their lead characters trade high school angst for college woes? By Carol Lloyd Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/26/marvel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/26/marvel/index.html?source=rss How to get more women into comics? Have some superheroes guest-star on "Guiding Light!" (No, we're not kidding.) By Lynn Harris Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/12/lawless_on_mars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/12/lawless_on_mars/index.html?source=rss Lucy Lawless to guest star on "Veronica Mars." By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/03/29/veronica_mars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/03/29/veronica_mars/index.html?source=rss Stop rewinding your "Buffy" tapes. "Veronica Mars" gives us an unflappable girl heroine, complex characters and a darkly realistic vision of high school -- and no wooden stakes. By Kerry Lauerman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/09/17/the_buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/09/17/the_buffy/index.html?source=rss Salon's first annual award honors the season's most unjustly ignored TV show. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/11/06/spike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/11/06/spike/index.html?source=rss Spike was an abused sex toy -- and Gunn is no Oreo! Enraged "Buffy" and "Angel" fans fight back. By Laura Miller Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/11/05/spike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/11/05/spike/index.html?source=rss Martyred vampire Spike is back (sort of!) on the new season of "Angel," which has recaptured at least some of the Buffyverse's magic. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/05/21/buffy_final/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/05/21/buffy_final/index.html?source=rss The last-ever "Buffy" episode leaves Sunnydale destroyed, the Slayer alone but not alone and the surviving Scoobies headed who-knows-where on a school bus. By Laura Miller Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2003/05/20/whedon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2003/05/20/whedon/index.html?source=rss "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon talks about why Buffy and Angel couldn't be together, how Willow might have stayed straight, and the end of the series that redefined cult TV. By Laura Miller Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2003/05/20/buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2003/05/20/buffy/index.html?source=rss Let's salute "Buffy the Vampire Slayer's" greatest accomplishment: A girl who not only kicked ass, but rejected the lonely-guy way of being a superhero. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/05/14/spike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/05/14/spike/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to Jaime J. Weinman's rant "Why Spike Ruined 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'" By Jaime J. Weinman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/05/13/spike_buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/05/13/spike_buffy/index.html?source=rss Like Fonzie before him, this too-cool thug in a leather jacket has diverted a good show from its original mission: To celebrate the uncool outcasts of the world. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/11/09/buffy_paper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/11/09/buffy_paper/index.html?source=rss Here's the full text of the paper I presented at the academic conference Blood, Text and Fears: Reading Around "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/11/09/buffy_conference/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/11/09/buffy_conference/index.html?source=rss Scholarly Buffy-philes gather at an English university to discuss the "morphic resonance" and "perlocutionary acts" of TV's favorite ghoul-killin' gal. By Carina Chocano Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/03/firefly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/03/firefly/index.html?source=rss Buffy's creator gallops into outer space with "Firefly," taking the connection between sci-fi and westerns a little too literally. By Carina Chocano Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/08/29/parents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/08/29/parents/index.html?source=rss Conservative watchdogs at the Parents Television Council now have scientific proof: Sabrina is better for your kids than Buffy! And "Doc," starring Billy Ray Cyrus, is the best show on TV. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/05/22/buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2002/05/22/buffy/index.html?source=rss The most disturbing "Buffy" season ever ends with our most beloved character becoming a monster -- without losing our sympathy.