Beyond Buffering: The X-Files, Fallout, Yellowjackets, & more!

Oh lord, Willow is going into Buffy’s mind, Spike is slapping Xander, Glory has some kind of connection with Ben (we think they work together), Dawn found some chains in an alley, and everyone is sad and we are STRESSED THE FUCK OUT. It’s Season 5 Episode 21: The Weight of the World. Woof.

In other news, please get excited for today’s guest segment with Kandis with a K, a practicing witch who is in conversation with Alba on Willow’s witchcraft and other magic in this episode! Learn more about Kandis below!!

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Kandis with a K: Tune in to “Witch Wednesday” at @kandis.with.a.k and learn more about Kandis’ work at her website: http://kandiswithak.com/

Learn more about Kandis’ upcoming film project and support by donating!!

Edible GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/edible-short-film

Listen to the full conversation between Alba + Kandis here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/40374701

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Alba Daza is a 27-year-old emerging Latinx writer/director/podcaster based in Montreal, Canada. Check out her podcast, My Mama So, which centers around appreciating the greatness of motherly figures: https://bit.ly/mymamaso

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Our first ever digital live taping!! Spike is driving a Winnebago wearing goggles, the Knights are on a crusade to The Battle of Chevron to find and kill the key, Ben has some kind of connection to Glory, and Buffy just can't carry the weight of it all anymore. Today we are talking S5E20: Spiral and it is a J O U R N E Y.

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Alba Daza is a 27-year-old emerging Latinx writer/director/podcaster based in Montreal, Canada. Check out her podcast, “My Mama So…” which centers around appreciating the greatness of motherly figures: bit.ly/mymamaso

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BIPOC SPOTLIGHT
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YABA BLAY + TARANA BURKE
in conversation with GLENNON DOYLE + ABBY WAMBACH
a discussion on "passing the mic" and conversation on accountability, collaboration, Black joy, and much more. >> link <<

SONYA RENEE TAYLOR
"Black people don't owe you absolution. The difference between absolution and an apology, and how NOT to allow whiteness to bully and then center itself as the victim." >> link <<

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Oh wowowowow this week Willow is going to finally pay her debt of PAIN to Glory while we all look on in wonder, Buffy is going to get so so so mad about triangles, Giles is going to be hotter than anyone has ever been whilst in proximity to a minion, Anya is going to take a horrible xenophobic turn (yikes) before veering briefly into lesbianville (nice), and we are going to cry *again* because Willow and Tara and Willow and Tara and Willow and Tara. Oh. Also, Glory knows who the fucking key is OH NO OH NO! It's Season 5 Episode 19: Tough Love.

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Also hey, here's our website with schedules, resources, events and such: bufferingthevampireslayer.com

Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Alba Daza is a 27-year-old emerging Latinx writer/director/podcaster based in Montreal, Canada. Check out her podcast, “My Mama So…” which centers around appreciating the greatness of motherly figures: bit.ly/mymamaso

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BIPOC VOICES TO FOLLOW
Please email us additions and suggestions to [email protected] & view our expanding anti-racism library of people, organizations, and resources at https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/antiracist-library

METIS IN SPACE
Métis In Space hilariously deconstructs the science fiction genre through a decolonial lens. Join hosts Molly Swain & Chelsea Vowel as they drink a bottle of (red) wine, and from a tipsy, decolonial perspective, review a sci-fi movie or television episode featuring Indigenous Peoples, tropes & themes. Their inaugural episode was on Buffy's "Pangs," and they are now 5 seasons in! metisinspace.com/

INDIAN & COWBOY PODCASTS
The world’s premiere member supported Indigenous podcast network.
indianandcowboy.com

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Special guest, avowed Spike fan, and all-around-badass Alanna Bennett joins us today as we ride a f*cking EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER together! We've got a Buffy Bot, we've got a pissed off hellgod with great hair and a penchant for torture, we've got Detective Minions, and hooooooboy we have got an... actual... kiss... between... Buffy... and... Spike?!?!??!? Also, Alanna coins the term "anti-bangs" for Angel. So, all in all, a win-win. It is time for S5E18: Intervention.

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Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram
Also hey, here's our website with schedules, resources, events and such: bufferingthevampireslayer.com

Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Alba Daza is a 27-year-old emerging Latinx writer/director/podcaster based in Montreal, Canada. Check out her podcast, “My Mama So…” which centers around appreciating the greatness of motherly figures: bit.ly/mymamaso

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BIPOC VOICES TO FOLLOW
Please email us additions and suggestions to [email protected] & view our expanding anti-racism library of people, organizations, and resources at https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/antiracist-library

Alicia Garza • Co-Founder of BLM • Twitter • Instagram
Amanda Seales • Twitter • Instagram
Ava DuVernay •Twitter • Instagram

Bernice King • Twitter • Instagram
Bob the Drag Queen • Twitter • Instagram
Brittani Nichols • Twitter • Instagram

Ericka Hart • Twitter • Instagram

Gene Demby • Twitter • Instagram

Ijeoma Oluo • Twitter • Instagram

Kendriana Washington • Instagram
Kim Katrin • Twitter • Instagram

Layla F Saad • Instagram

Opal Tometi • Co-Founder of BLM • Twitter • Instagram

Patrice Cullors • Co-Founder of BLM • Twitter • Instagram
Miss Peppermint • Actor singer horror movie Buff • Instagram

Rachel Cargle • Twitter • Instagram
Raquel Willis • Twitter • Instagram

Shishi Rose • Writer, Birth Worker, Creator • Instagram

Tamika D. Mallory • Twitter • Instagram
Tourmaline • Twitter • Instagram

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The absolutely brilliant LaToya Ferguson, Alanna Bennett, and Ira Madison III host today's conversation on race within the Buffy and Angelverse! This is the first in a larger series that will be produced and hosted by BIPOC Buffy fans here on the Buffering the Vampire Slayer and WOW — what a way to begin. These three TV geniuses bring their encyclopedic knowledge of both series to the table with questions like: What would have happened if Leonard Roberts played Riley? Why in the hell was Drusilla able to kill Kendra — an immensely powerful Slayer — with one filed f*cking fingernail? How would it have impacted the arc of the show if Bianca Lawson had been cast as Cordelia? This. Episode. Fucking. Rules.

Today’s conversation was curated, produced, and edited by LaToya Ferguson. You can follow LaToya at @lafergs on Twitter and you should also *immediately* tune into her podcast about The Vampire Diaries (YEAH THAT’S RIGHT) called The AMPire Diaries over at theampirediariespod.com

Alanna Bennett is a culture writer and screenwriter who you can follow over at @AlannaBennett on Twitter and Instagram! Currently Alanna is writing for The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico

Ira Madison III would love if you’d just please leave him alone (he’s busy!), but if you INSIST he can be found at @ira on Twitter, @irathethird on Instagram; he also was a writer on Netflix’s Daybreak and is currently writing on Netflix’s forthcoming Q-Force

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Massive thanks to Mackenzie MacDade and Alba Daza who are working with us as consultants and facilitators! Here’s more on their work:

Mackenzie MacDade is a 31 year old, queer woman of color, teaching artist, feminist, part time poet and general rabble rouser. She got her start in feminism from a book of feminist nursery rhymes, and her start in pop culture analysis from 9 years of homeschooling (translation: 9 years of TV and movie watching). A firm believer in queering the collective consciousness, she strives to inspire people to redesign their idea of normal and step out their comfort zone. She takes inspiration from Gertrude Stein, Buffy, Angela Davis, Faith and bell hooks. Someone once described her as “The love child of Angela Davis and Ru-Paul” and she thinks that just about sums it up.

Alba Daza is a 27-year-old emerging Latinx writer/director/podcaster based in Montreal, Canada. At 13 years old she discovered (through Buffy) that she wanted to be a screenwriter and hasn’t let go of that dream since. Her stories focus on telling and celebrating the stories of marginalized voices, giving them space to breathe and thrive. Through her work, she plans to decolonize pop culture and Slay white supremacy, just like Buffy taught her. Check out her podcast, “My Mama So…” which centers around appreciating the greatness of motherly figures: bit.ly/mymamaso

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We’re back today to share new commitments here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer, all of which are focused on bringing an anti-racist base to the podcast & bringing the work of becoming & staying anti-racist into our larger community. You can also read more about our ongoing commitments at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting‬ & snag a transcription of this episode at https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/transcriptions.

We will be back in your ears this Wednesday with a *fucking brilliant* episode featuring LaToya Ferguson, Alanna Bennett, and Ira Madison III in conversation on race in the Buffy & Angelverse — and next week we will be talking about S5E18: Intervention!

SIGNAL BOOSTING!
Each episode we will be linking in our show notes to BIPOC creators, organizations, and more. Please email us at bufferingthevampireslayer at gmail dot com with your suggestions and we will be expanding out our library here: bufferingthevampireslayer.com/antiracist-library

This week please check out:

ReVisiting Sunnydale: A Buffy Podcast (!!!!!)
“Two grown blerds with plenty of thoughts and opinions on each episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

Podcast Link: https://revisitingsunnydale.libsyn.com/
Follow ReVisiting Sunnydale on Twitter

And please follow:

Patrice Cullors • Co-Founder of BLM • Twitter • Instagram
Gene Demby • Host of NPR’s Code Switch • Twitter • Instagram
Alicia Garza • Co-Founder of BLM • Twitter • Instagram
Shishi Rose • Writer, Birth Worker, Creator • Instagram
Opal Tometi • Co-Founder of BLM • Twitter • Instagram
Kendriana Washington • Afrofuturist writer, artist, and organizer • Instagram
Miss Peppermint • Actor singer horror movie Buff • Instagram
Bob the Drag Queen • Twitter • Instagram

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No new episode today.

We stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and know that we need to do better in supporting and defending Black lives. We feel we have a responsibility here on our platform to share in our knowledge, learning, and conversation surrounding our white privilege, the Black Lives Matter movement, social and restorative justice, community work, and so much more, and hope that you will join us in fighting against the horrific injustices and centuries of violence against Black bodies.

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List of Black-Owned Bookstores

https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php

List of Black-Owned Businesses

https://twitter.com/jadealycebod/status/1266573372370059266?s=12

A Reading List, To Begin

James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Angela Davis, Freedom Is A Constant Struggle

Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped

Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be Anti-Racist

Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race

Audre Lorde, Your Silence Will Not Protect You

Wesley Lowery, They Can’t Kill Us All

Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want To Talk About Race

Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy

Articles/Shorter Form

From Ibram X. Kendi

• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/too-short-lives-black-men/600628/

• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/ahmaud-arbery/611539/

From Ijeoma Oluo

•https://medium.com/the-establishment/white-people-i-dont-want-you-to-understand-me-better-i-want-you-to-understand-yourselves-a6fbedd42ddf

From Adam Serwer

• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/

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National Resource List | Created by @botanicaldyke

"This Google sheet contains many of the community bail funds, memorial funds, political education resources, the names of organizations to put on your radar, and general advice/tips for people attending protests or using social media as an organizing tool."

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fpdRY5fwoyt04Il6y9bToWjv4wUaIoMAQERoE2A140U/edit#gid=0

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We will be starting a reading and discussion group with a focus on better understanding our white privilege and how we can work to dismantle the systemic violence against Black communities in this country and across the world.

Details and more info at: bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

We know that self-care is a critical component of doing this work and that our space here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer is one of comfort, solace, and shared community for many of you. We honor that and commit to continuing to foster this space and our shared love of Buffy and all that the show stands for in its many forms — but want to challenge our white listeners, specifically, to remember that self-care is only a part of our larger work; if you walk with white privilege that means that after you recharge, you go back out to keep up the fight.

We love you, we are humbled as always to share this space with you, and to just keep fighting.

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Today we are moving from the shock of losing Joyce and along to the many paths of grief: some leave flowers, others listen to music that reminds them of different days, some hold their old, broody loves close. Then of course there are those who break Wiccan oaths, visit men in a bathrobes with a tail, steal eggs from totally innocent Ghora demons, and attempt to raise the deceased using forbidden magic. Standard Sunnydale stuff. PHEWF. It is Season 5 Episode 17: Forever. We love and miss you, Joyce.

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JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST DIGITAL LIVE TAPING!!
Saturday, June 20th at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific
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The Body remains one of the most emotionally resonant television episodes of all time, and this week we are continuing our exploration of its many themes. We are first in conversation with Brittany Ashley, host and producer of "Don't Tell the Babysitter Mom's Dead," a grief podcast which explores the experience of losing parents, and specifically mothers. Brittany lost her own mom at age six, and talks about her ongoing journey through that loss, her relationship to this episode of television, and the power she has found in sharing her experiences with others. We also have the absolute honor of sharing our previously unreleased conversation with Kristine Sutherland about her time on the series, and specifically the impact this episode has had on her life, and the lives of so many others!

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Brittany Ashley: brittanyashleyfunny.com/

Kristine Sutherland: twitter.com/theksutherland

Check out Brittany's podcast, "Don't Tell the Babysitter Mom's Dead," here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-tell-the-babysitter-moms-dead/id1383346483?mt=2

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Kristin had the chance to speak with the brilliant Jen Malkowski, an assistant professor of Film and Media Studies at Smith College with a specialization in death and dying in media, about Buffy the Vampire Slayer S5E16: The Body.

More on Jen can be found here: smith.edu/academics/faculty/jennifer-malkowski
Jen is also the author of Dying in Full Detail which can be accessed for free here

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