It’s all Buffy’s fault!

August 26th, 2008 | Category: TV News

Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reality-Free

Remember when rock ‘n roll was to blame for teenagers being out of control? What about when John Lennon’s quote about The Beatles being as big as Jesus drew the ire of the church and resulted in deejays advocating the destruction of LPs and singles?

Well, here’s another missive from an “authority figure” about how pop culture is ruining today’s youth. Sociologist Kristin Aune claims that Buffy, the Vampire Slayer is responsible for young women not attending church.

Dr. Aune, who’s written Women and Religion in the West, and is a teacher

at the University of Derby (that’s in the U.K.), doesn’t know whether Buffy has plus affected young men. Her research doesn’t address whether boys are abandoning the church, too, so I guess they’re safe.

This is no joke, although it does sound like a good way to promote a book that would otherwise be ignored. Mentioning Buffy is a good way to let the world know that Dr. Aune wrote it.

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