She Saved the World...A Lot: Recent Episodes
Sarah van Daalen Wetters
A podcast devoted to analyzing Buffy, it’s place in culture, and connections to badass women in history.
We revisit Season 1, ep 8: “I Robot, You Jane”, discuss the magic of 90’s internet and computer nerdom, and peel back the curtain on the ‘most beautiful woman in Hollywood’, Hedy Lamarr. Find out more at sstwalpodcast.blogspot.com and follow us on IG @shesavedtheworldalotpod
Sarah gets a little creepy with her deep and abiding love of all things Angel (while Sarah makes fun of his dark&broodingness) as we dive into Season 1, Episode 7:Angel. We also get into the problematic representation of ladies & pregnancy in the Buffyverse.
We delve into the episode we hate to love (or love to hate) - Season 1, Ep 6: The Pack. We talk about the devolution of Xander, mourn Herbert (we barely knew ya), and discuss 2 awesome zookeepers: Helen Martini from the Bronx Zoo and Mary Wilson from the Baltimore Zoo. Ep resources: Washington Post article about Mary Wilson weaponry.st/3cbszWm Museum of NY article about Helen Martini: bit.ly/3qyON9Q
We are back to break down Season 1, Ep 5- Never Kill a Boy on the First Date. We discuss the Dickinson-ness of it all, why Owen is really proto-Riley, and discuss our first badass woman, Caitlin Doughty- mortician, activist, author, role model. Check out her books (including “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs” and more on her website, www.caitlindoughty.com
We switch it up, watch season 1, episode 4, Teacher’s Pet, live and comment because we have A LOT of feelings about this one. (Spoiler: most of them aren’t good).
This week we take a look at season 1, episode 2 - The Witch. Join us as we go off on a tangent about film&tv representations of teachers and take a look at historical witches.
Welcome to She Saved the World....A Lot, where we will he discussing every episode of Buffy and it’s connections to feminism, culture, and badass women in history. In this episode we kick off by breaking down episodes 1& 2 (Welcome to the Hellmouth & The Harvest)