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This book brings together a carefully selected range of contemporary disciplinary approaches to new areas of Gothic inquiry. Moving beyond the representational and historically based aspects of literature and film that have dominated Gothic studies, this volume both acknowledges the contemporary diversification of Gothic scholarship and maps its changing and mutating incarnations. Drawing strength from their fascinating diversity, and points of correlation, the varied perspectives and subject areas cohere around a number of core themes — of re-evaluation, discovery, and convergence — to reveal emerging trends and new directions in Gothic scholarship. Visiting fascinating areas including the Gothic and digital realities, uncanny food experiences, representations of death and the public media, Gothic creatures and their popular legacies, new approaches to contemporary Gothic literature, and re-evaluations of the Gothic mode through regional narratives, essays reveal many patterns and intersecting approaches, forcefully testifying to the multifaceted, although lucidly coherent, nature of Gothic studies in the 21st Century.

Next week, in the third-to-last episode of the series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer will become the first broadcast network television series to show a lesbian sex scene. Over its seven-year run, Buffy has pushed the envelope in terms of of lesbian representation on television in many ways, but not on the physical-affection front. Although lesbian witch Willow played by Alyson Hannigan and her first girlfriend Tara played by Amber Benson were together for two and a half years, the sexual aspects of their relationship were subtextual rather than textual, especially in the beginning. Well, there are things the network will not allow us to show. As for example kissing.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is best remembered for delivering to us some of the most compelling, memorable, and beloved characters to ever grace television. In addition to offering a quirky, nerdy charm, Willow gave us some of the most important moments in television history, many of which involved Tara Maclay -- Willow's girlfriend. The two offered network television its first major gay relationship. Beyond the milestones pertaining to their relationship, Willow had some utterly brilliant character development that saw her go from a shy student, to a witch, to a lesbian, to an evil Dark sorcerer hellbent on reducing the earth to an apocalyptic blaze; all in a matter of seven seasons.

Does metabolism correlate with libido? Instead, I ate bagels, stacked high with melted cheese and drenched in creamy salad dressing. And one day that summer, Faith strutted in. Her eyes were big and darting, her dimples obscenely deep, her eyebrows arched with depravity. Sure, there was a backstory—Faith was too troubled to truly connect with people—but what I first saw, and envied, was her steeliness.