Behold! I have discovered where the idea for s8 came from!

[elisi]

Via this page of Joss Whedon quotes:

It’s better to be a spy in the house of love, you know ? . . . If I made ‘Buffy the Lesbian Separatist,’ a series of lectures on PBS on why there should be feminism, no one would be coming to the party, and it would be boring. The idea of changing culture is important to me, and it can only be done in a popular medium.

On the whole, I'd greatly have preferred the lectures.

ETA: Since I'm here, this vid is very, very good at showing the problematic nature of some of Joss' work:

My Medea by yunitsa. Many thanks to rm for helping me find it again.

Comments

[elisi]

No worries, I'm perpetually late to everything these days...

On top of his issues with rape and dubcon, there's another side of the coin: the constant reminder that sex is bad, or at least leads to bad things, and the complete lack of long-term, happy relationships.
That's a very good point. I don't have much to add (it's late, I'm half asleep), although Fred's parents were happy and well adjusted - which is, as you say, a huge anomaly. I've not seen much of The West Wing unfortunately, but I remember the Bartletts are being wonderful and interesting in that way that long term couples are.

Don't really want to speculate on the root of his rape fetish.
Me neither.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think nobody wants to speculate on that. Which is why it becomes very disturbing that it's so prevalent in all his works.

[elisi]

Someone should have a word - except he probably thinks it's edgy or something? *sigh*