The specific slant found within the program formula for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (BTVS) is unique in both film and television: the lead character is a female world-saver who belongs to no government organization, who seldom
relies on men for help, who is not an androgyne and who has a curfew. The series was created and continues to be meticulously overseen by Academy Award
winning writer Joss Whedon. Whedon writes for his female characters with particular care to maintain the validation of the feminist viewpoint. Until feminists
quit taking pot shots at each other and arrive at a mutually agreed upon definition of feminism, and for the purposes of this paper, "feminism" will be
considered the empowering of the female who takes control of her life to the extent that such control directly affects her well-being and future. …
