A trio of ding-dong boys accidentally turn Buffy invisible but then because they cannot stop yapping they wind up defeated anyway! TYPICAL. We also have Pylon Pudding, dial up internet at the E-Pump, Invisible Ear Lobe Nibbling, Doris the Social Worker and Magic Weed. It is Season 6 Episode 11: Gone! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo Native America Calling: Kokopelli, origins, history and appropriation https://nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-june-5-2019-kokopelli-origins-history-and-appropriation/ +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH, MERCH, MERCH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

In this episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, everyone gathers at the local pool to go swimming and talk about their feelings while sipping on ice cold Coca-Cola! Just kidding! This is the one where we meet Rack and strive to untangle the realities of destructive responses to trauma from problematic tropes attached to substance misuse, the one where Buffy re-dons her post-coital pleather skirt to storm off the set of 1080p HGTV, and the one where Dawn lands an amazing kick to the demon we've named "Razzmatazz" and slaps Willow across the face. Season 6 sure is fun, so join us as we discuss S6E10: Wrecked. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH, MERCH, MERCH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

Rat Amy is Human Amy once more! There are sheep at The Bronze! Spike and Buffy have inspired a new segment called 1080pHGTV, creating open floor plans a-plenty! Ankle-length pleather skirts be damned, as we have arrived at S6E9: Smashed. The incredible Cory Branan is back with us in today's song as the voice of Spike, and it is very, very good. Listen to more of Cory and learn more about his work at corybranan.com!!! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH, MERCH, MERCH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

Joan the Vampire Slayer and Randy Giles are battling vampires while Rupey and Anya make out in a sea of disappeared bunnies at The Magic Box, Alex is in the sewers with study buddies Willow and Tara, and Umad is still a pain in our ass! Come for the absolute delight of it all and stay to have your beating heart handed to you as you scream-sing to Michelle Branch at The Bronze... it’s S6E8: Tabula Rasa. We also have a wonderful segment with Natalie Muskin-Press in this episode, a licensed addictions counselor (and massive Buffy fan) who sits down with Kristin to talk about Willow’s use of magic and all that we are seeing unfold between her and Tara, and her and the Scooby gang. Time stamps for that segment are 54:14 - 1:12:20. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  +++ SPECIAL GUEST Natalie Muskin-Press: @mzbitca Natalie is a licensed clinical addictions counselor currently working in charge of drug and alcohol education and prevention at a university in the midwest. If you are looking into finding treatment options for yourself or a loved one, you can use the SAMHSA Treatment locator: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-treatment +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH, MERCH, MERCH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

A special, behind-the-scenes conversation on the making of Once More With Once More, With Feeling, taped live and in conversation with you all!! We are here to answer your questions, argue over mustard, cry about our feelings, unpack the muppety-ness of Jenny's villagers, embarrass LaToya with conversations on levitatilingus, and encourage finding a space for musical harmony with the person you divorce. What a time! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  +++ SPECIAL GUESTS LaToya Ferguson: @lafergs Check out AMPire Diaries: A Vampire Diaries Podcast + LaToya's Book, An Encyclopedia of Women's Wrestling Laz Marquez: @lazmarquez; lazmarquez.com Mack MacDade: @mackmactlksback; patreon.com/MackMacTalksBack +++ Produced by: Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ MORE READING ON THE HISTORY OF ZOOT SUITS A Brief History of the Zoot Suit THE POLITICS OF AESTHETICS: LAS PACHUCAS AND THE ZOOT SUIT Mapping LA’s Zoot Suit Riots ‘Zoot Suit,’ a Pioneering Chicano Play, Comes Full Circle The Windrush generation: 70 years of Caribbean fashion +++ JOIN US ON PATREON!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs + more — plus Work Tapes and Writing Session Videos from Once More With Once More, With Feeling! patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH, MERCH, MERCH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

In this musical extravaganza, your hosts Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs find themselves bursting into song, and (gay) flames, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride… It’s Season 6 Episode 7: Once More, With Feeling, and we’ve got 17 original songs inside of one great big musical podcast, with guests Alba Daza, Gaby Dunn, LaToya Ferguson, Mack MacDade, and Joanna Robinson to prove it. Holy hell. +++ Created by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs Executive Producer: Kristin Russo Executive Golden Retriever of Music: Jenny Owen Youngs Once More With Once More, With Feeling Artwork: Laz Marquez bufferingthevampireslayer.com +++ MUSIC FROM ONCE MORE WITH ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING Produced by Jenny Owen Youngs, John Mark Nelson, and Kristin Russo Arranged by John Mark Nelson and Jenny Owen Youngs Piano arrangement on “Overture” by Ben Thornewill  All songs written by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo, except as noted “Stereotype Buffet” written by Alba Daza, Mackenzie MacDade, and Jenny Owen Youngs Vocals performed by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo, with LaToya Ferguson on “Big Fucking Nerds,” Joanna Robinson on “Problematic Fave,” Gaby Dunn on “O! To Be Mentioned!,” and Alba Daza and Mackenzie MacDade on “Stereotype Buffet” Piano on “Overture,” “Big Fucking Nerds,” “O! To Be Mentioned!,” “Gaby’s Ballet,” and “Once More With Feeling,” by Ben Thornewill  Drums on “Problematic Fave” and “Stereotype Buffet” by Steph Barker All other instruments performed by John Mark Nelson and Jenny Owen Youngs Special thanks to the Scooby Nerd Choir on “Big Fucking Nerds”: Abram Berry, Alex Kenzel, Allison Colwell, Bree Leach, Cat Brown, Claire Consola, Emily Eck, Emma Riehle Bohmann, Grace Barry, Jaime Nicole Riggs, Jeffrey Burka, Jess Wenstrom, Jonas Mustonen, Katie Larson, Liv Fehlberg, LJ Saxton, Mary Elizabeth Watson, Mary Wulzen, Melanie & JJ Rodriguez, Randy Newbury, Sarah Duncan, Sarah Kamins, Sarah Philbrick, Shannon Bloom, Steph B, Steph Cohen, Whitney Morris Mixed by John Mark Nelson Mastered by Jett Galindo at The Bakery Cover illustration and package design by Laz Marquez: lazmarquez.com BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEOS, MUSIC & MORE ON PATREON!! patreon.com/bufferingcast BIG FUCKING NERDS MERCH! VINYL! POSTERS! AHHH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Buffering the Vampire Slayer Logo by Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

On this week's episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer, Alba Daza and Mackenzie McDade do an unapologetic deep dive into the BIPOC experience of invisibility. Join them as they discuss the metaphorical and literal ways that Buffy the Vampire Slayer illustrates the ways that BIPOC experience invisibility. They laugh, they (almost) cry, they tell it like it is, and they are ready. to. scrap. Be it through Buffy’s White Savior Complex, the revolution that is "Graduation Day Part 2," or the pure rage of Marcie in "Out of Mind Out of Sight," they are here to share in the solidarity of two BIPOC women talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, no holds barred. Join them for an Instagram Live Q&A on Buffering's IG (@bufferingcast) on Saturday, January 23rd at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific.  More information, suggested readings, and a viewing guide at: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/invisibipoc !!  This Episode Contains Spoilers Through Season 7 Of Buffy  !! +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Alba Daza: albadaza.com + Instagram @alba.daza Mackenzie MacDade: Twitter @mackmactlksback + Instagram @mackmactalksback Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  +++ Executive Producer: Alba Daza Producers: Mackenzie MacDade, Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: Kristin Russo +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++   JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast   MERCH, MERCH, MERCH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop   Logo: Kristine Thune

It's always fuckin' something on Halloween, and this week we will get Anya on roller skates, Dawn shoplifting, Xander poking Giles with his hook, Amber Tamblyn, victim-blaming, and Jenny doing an impression of Old Man Kaltenbach that just may top any impression she has done or ever will do? Welcome to Season 6 Episode 6: All The Way. We also have an awesome segment for you from Producer Alba where she is in conversation with Jack Skelton, a teen dating violence prevention social worker who runs a combo counseling and movement building program at a NYC high school. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  +++ SPECIAL GUESTS Jack Skelton with Producer Alba CW: This segment contains a conversation around sexual violence Time Stamps 1:04:00 - 1:14:30 Resources Mentioned in Jack + Alba's Segment Day One: https://www.dayoneny.org/ Anti-Violence Project: https://avp.org/ Ali Forney Center: https://www.aliforneycenter.org/ Save Our Streets: https://www.courtinnovation.org/programs/save-our-streets-sos The Door: https://door.org/ FIERCE: http://www.fiercenyc.org/ Audre Lorde Project: https://alp.org/  +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN MACK + ALBA for INVISI-BIPOC: an episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer where Producer Alba Daza & Consultant Mack MacDade delve into the BIPOC experience of invisibility, using episodes and themes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to better understand the ways in which the BIPOC community is made to feel invisible. INVISI-BIPOC will air in the main Buffering feed on Wednesday, January 20th, and will be followed by an Instagram Live Q&A hosted by Mack & Alba on Buffering's IG on Saturday, January 23rd at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific.  More information at: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/invisibipoc +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH, MERCH, MERCH! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

We are LIVE from our respective recording closets and on the very anniversary of Jenny's birth, no less! We've got hard hats and tequila, and we've also got LaToya Ferguson and Joanna Robinson to help us dig deep on S6E5 Life Serial!! They will, of course, also join us in an attempt to re-create Buffy's classic "liquor is gross" face. Thank you to all of you wonderful scoobs who joined us for this live event, a celebration of Buffy's journey through various jobs she SHOULD NOT NEED BECAUSE SHE LITERALLY SAVES THE WORLD EVERY DAY. AwooOoOoooOOO! +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team SPECIAL GUESTS LaToya Ferguson; @lafergs; theampirediariespod.com Joanna Robinson; @jowrotethis; stormpodcast.com +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW TOTES, ORNAMENTS + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune

As the saying goes, you should really fix that small leak before all your pipes burst and you're suddenly standing knee-deep in water, playing kitten poker, and using a copper pipe to kill a bank demon — all while three ridiculous white men try to take over your town using their complete lack of wit and a moderate heaping of whimsy. It's Season Goddamn 6 Episode Goddamn 4: Flooded. PAY THE FUCKING SLAYER. WHAT THE FUCK. +++ LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories.  Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Land acknowledgements exist to celebrate the indigenous peoples who are the rightful guardians of the land or territory that we as colonizers are inhabiting. A Land acknowledgement also encourages non-indigenous people to recognize that they are on stolen and unceded indigenous land and to directly engage with that knowledge in meaningful and impactful ways.  Learn more on land acknowledgements here: LAND REPARATIONS & INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY TOOLKIT Learn what Indigenous Lands You Occupy 'I regret it': Hayden King on writing Ryerson University's territorial acknowledgement CELEBRATION + SPOTLIGHT ON INDIGENOUS WORK AND PEOPLES Listen to Metis In Space: http://www.metisinspace.com/ Educational + Activist Accounts  @decolonizemyself @decolonizethisplace @Indigenouspeoplesmovement @indigenousrising @lilnativeboy @wetsuweten_checkpoint Artists  @melaw_nakehko @notoriouscree @project562 @strikingstick #terigreeves @wendyredstar Authors David Treuer @jakeskeets Joy Harjo @kalimaja @shondabuchanan @tiffanymidge Businesses @ataumbimetals @byellowtail @cheekbonebeauty @eighthgeneration @shenative @tpmocs @trickstercompany +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team SPECIAL GUEST Gaby Dunn: @gabyroad; gabydunn.com/ +++ Our Anti-Racism Library: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/antiracist-library Our episode on Pangs: https://radiopublic.com/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-b-6nN5z1/s1!0cce2 +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW TOTES, ORNAMENS, CANDLES (!!!) + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune

You know that feeling when you are ripped out of your peaceful afterlife by your friends and then they are SO LOUD and SO UNHELPFUL plus there is this friggin' energy blob that apparently rode in on your coattails and it just keeps blobbin around and haunting shit?! And all you want is to get away from all the noise and find solace in the posh lair of a chipped vampire who loves black nail polish and peroxide?!?! It is Season 6 Episode 3: After Life, and it is full of a whole bunch of blob and a whole bunch of feelings.  LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ HEY LOOK JENNY HAS A COOL MUSIC VIDEO: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IaAsa1k7dDM FIRST LIVE EVENT OF SEASON 6! Join us and special guests for a digital live taping of S6E5: Life Serial on 11/22 (aka Jenny's birthday!!!) at 6pm Eastern — tickets and information can be found at bit.ly/lifeserial JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW 'YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG WITCH' TEES + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune

Holy moly, scoobies, we sat down to chat with the one and only Juliet Landau — and she is every bit as brilliant and wonderful as you'd guess! We talk vampire sexuality, manicures, narcissism, Dru's accent, what she named the stars (to the result of such terrible confusion), and so so so so much more! Plus, we talk to Juliet about her brand new film, premiering this Thursday (!!!), called A Place Among the Dead, which features Anne Rice, Joss Whedon, Gary Oldman, and so many other incredible voices. In sum... DRUUUUUUSILLLA!! YOUUUUU FILLA! OUR HEARTS WITH DREAD, AND SO WE'RE LED RIGHT BACK TO YOUUUUUU!  +++ MORE ON JULIET LANDAU'S "A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD" "In this revealing and terrifying meld of fact, fiction and the fantastical, actress and filmmaker “Jules,” driven by the demons of her past, embarks on a journey at the potential cost of everything she knows and loves." THURSDAY OCTOBER 29TH: WORLD PREMIERE  Tickets: https://www.modernfilms.com/aplaceamongthedead +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++ Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW 'BURN IT DOWN' TEES, SLEEPAWAY WITCH SWEATSHIRTS, + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune

You know that feeling when you are under six feet of dirt but then your friends bring you back to life and you have to claw your way up from below with your bare hands and then your whole town is on fire and there’s a robot who looks just like you and your friends are like BUFFY HELP?!?! Yeah, us too. It’s Season 6 Episode 2: Bargaining Part 2.  LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN MACK MACDADE on MIKKI KENDALL'S HOOD FEMINISM Thursday, October 22nd at 7:30pm Eastern Register for this session and breakout groups the following Thursday + learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ FIRST LIVE EVENT OF SEASON 6! Join us and special guests for a digital live taping of S6E3: After Life on Saturday, October 24th. All information and ticketing found at bit.ly/buffyafterlife JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW 'BURN IT DOWN' TEES, SLEEPAWAY WITCH SWEATSHIRTS, + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune

Oh, hey, it's a bot! It's a bot! It's a great big (Buffy) bot!! Yes, here we are at the jump of Season 6 and we've got robots in leather, Willow killing a cute little doe-eyed deer, Giles leaving the gang for more time with Olivia, a motorcycle bar, a Hanson vamp, and Osiris deciding to pop Buffy's eyeballs back in?!?!?!?! WOW WOW WOW, here we f*cking go. Welcome to Season 6 Episode 1: Bargaining Part One. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++ Thank you to Aisha Burns for our new (Crush That!) White Supremacy jingle! Producer Alba suggested we create a jingle to use when calling out instances of white supremacy on Buffy (comparable to the way in which we use The Patriarchy jingle), and to create the jingle, which debuts in this episode!!, Jenny collaborated with the amazing Aisha Burns who co-wrote, played strings, and sings the vocals! Aisha makes some amazing music, and you can learn more about her here: http://aishaburns.com/ +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs Jenny's recommended video on learning about Mercury in Retrograde: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9BZm5aVr9s +++ Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ FIRST LIVE EVENT OF SEASON 6! Join us and special guests for a digital live taping of S6E3: After Life on Saturday, October 24th. All information and ticketing found at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/new-events JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast NEW 'BURN IT DOWN' TEES, SLEEPAWAY WITCH SWEATSHIRTS, + MORE! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

Within the first few minutes of this beautiful mailbag episode, Jenny says "Guess how fast I just googled 'CLAM MANTLE'?!" so... we promise you a good time. We have discussions on Angelus versus Spike, what magic may have caused Joyce's death (if any!), the difference between sharks and fish, and oh-so-much more!! You all send the absolute BEST emails. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com 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 +++ Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Edited by: Kristin Russo

New Buffering the Vampire Slayer family members — producer Alba Daza and consultant Mack MacDade — join us today in conversation with each other! They introduce who they are, the work they are doing within the Buffering universe, and why they choose to do it. Also buckle up for lots of fun personal anecdotes about Buffy, race, and how they both grew up *obsessed* with the show!! HOSTED BY: Alba Daza: instagram.com/alba.daza ; See Alba's short film (A)dios Ivan, Adios here https://www.ethnoculturalarts.com/hear-us-now-bipoc-instagram-exhibition Mack MacDade: patreon.com/MackMacTalksBack ; instagram.com/mackmactalksback/ 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 & Mackenzie MacDade +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast Logo: Kristine Thune Edited by: Kristin Russo

We have your thoughts on the Season 5 Finale, "The Gift"! We have a conversation from the brilliant Jen Malkowski on death as Buffy's gift! We have Mack MacDade telling us about who really treats Spike like a man and not a monster! We have LaToya Ferguson explaining why she thinks this would have been the perfect series finale!! Join us, perfect scoobies, for our bonus episode on S5E22's The Gift. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Also hey, here's our website with schedules, resources, events and such: bufferingthevampireslayer.com SPECIAL GUESTS Jen Malkowski is an assistant professor of Film and Media Studies at Smith College with a specialization in death and dying in media and you can read more about them at smith.edu/academics/faculty/jennifer-malkowski! Jen is also the author of Dying in Full Detail which can be accessed for free here. 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. LaToya Ferguson is our new host for Season 3's Angel On Top HELL YEAH! She also writes for The AV Club and Paste Magazine as well as The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, IndieWire, and more. 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 +++ Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs +++ Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast PRE-ORDER OUR SEASON 5 CD NOW! PLUS: WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Edited by: Kristin Russo

We will not watch this episode or discuss it due to Clause 47 in our contract which specifically states that no episode shall be produced when there are simply "TOO MANY FUCKING FEELINGS."  Just kidding, let's all cry together! Willow will always find Tara! Spike is a monster but oh no he is treated like a man! Glory just wants to go home! Giles puts his GLASSES ON! Buffy knows that the bravest thing we can all do is *sounds of muffled sobs* Yeah, fuck everything, it is the Season 5 finale, "The Gift," and no one is or ever will be ready. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Also hey, here's our website with schedules, resources, events and such: bufferingthevampireslayer.com SPECIAL GUESTS Alba Daza: instagram.com/alba.daza +++ Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs +++ Anti-Racism Book Spotlight: When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrice Khan-Kullors and Asha Bandele The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Edited by: Kristin Russo

Kristin & Alba interviewed the brilliant Sharon Ferguson — Sineya, the First Slayer in the Buffyverse — and holy shit. We talk about that  bananas roll down the sand dune, the desert mountain lion, Sharon’s audition, her work with Prince (yes PRINCE), her thoughts on a Sineya spin-off series, and literally so much more?! What an honor and a privilege.  Follow Sharon on Instagram at @sharonferguson007 and check her out MCing the incredible “Cherry Boom Boom” dance show — learn more at cherryboomboom.com LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Alba Daza: https://www.instagram.com/alba.daza/ Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com 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 +++ Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!  patreon.com/bufferingcast WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune Edited by: Kristin Russo

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!! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramAlso hey, here's our website with schedules, resources, events and such: bufferingthevampireslayer.comSPECIAL GUESTSKandis 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-filmListen to the full conversation between Alba + Kandis here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/40374701+++Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen YoungsAlba 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+++Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting+++JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcastWHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopLogo: Kristine ThuneEdited by: Lauren Klein & Kristin Russo

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. LOCATE US UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com 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 +++ BIPOC SPOTLIGHT Please email us additions and suggestions to bufferingthevampireslayer@gmail.com & view our expanding anti-racism library of people, organizations, and resources at https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/antiracist-library 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 << +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY! Visit our store at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune (kristinethune.com) Edited by: Lauren Klein & Kristin Russo

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. LOCATE US UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com 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 +++ BIPOC VOICES TO FOLLOW Please email us additions and suggestions to bufferingthevampireslayer@gmail.com & 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 +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY! Visit our store at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune (kristinethune.com) Edited by: Lauren Klein & Kristin Russo

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. LOCATE US UPON THE INTERNET Special Guest, Alanna Bennett: @alannabennett; alannabennett.com/ Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com 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 +++ BIPOC VOICES TO FOLLOW Please email us additions and suggestions to bufferingthevampireslayer@gmail.com & 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  +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY! Visit our store at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop Logo: Kristine Thune (kristinethune.com) Edited by: Lauren Klein & Kristin Russo

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 -- Massive thanks to Mackenzie MacDade and Alba Daza who are working with us as consultants and facilitators! Here’s more on their work: Mackenzie MacDadeis 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 -- You can learn more about this new series and our other initiatives here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Logo by Kristine Thune

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 -- Logo: Kristine Thune (kristinethune.com) Edited by: Kristin Russo