Buffy The Vampire Slayer #13
Review by ohcaroline:
Writer: Drew Goddard
Artist: Georges Jeanty
Cover Artist: Jon Foster
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Size: 40 Pages
Price: $2.99
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Avg Rating: 4.1
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I have definitely heard lesbians refer to themselves and others as "dyke". A lot.
Posted by conor on 04/04/08 at 12:20 AM
I don't know, I mean, "dyke" is a funny word; it depends a lot on who's saying it and in what context. If you'd had two male characters in the same situation and one of them had said *several possible words that I'm not going to repeat here*, it would have seemed appalling (and I don't think they would have written/printed it, either). I've definitely heard women use the word to refer to themselves, in a playful/subversive way (like the "Dykes to Watch out for" comic). But Satsu seemed to be using it in a self-loathing way, and Willow -- who's presumably supposed to be the wiser mentor figure here -- makes a joke in response. The whole exchange felt a bit off; it's not a huge thing, and I'm not trying to start a big political-correctness kerfuffle. But writers choose the words they do for a reason, and some of the word choices in this issue, taken together, threw me a little.
Posted by ohcaroline on 04/04/08 at 12:23 AM
I understand the feelings about certain words. I've never heard a lesbian refer to herself as a Dyke and when he used it I almost felt uneasy reading it. I on the other hand found the banter between Xander and Dracula hilarious, along with the word Moor. I did not on the other hand really think about the Slave bit, that does make Dracula even more racist then what he says elsewhere in the book.
Posted by jmstump on 04/03/08 at 11:25 PM