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Tag: Buffy

Why Buffy the Vampire Slayer is still important 20 years later

Posted on April 20, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. The proudest moment of my career (so far) happened earlier last month when VICE published my piece titled “How Willow from ‘Buffy’ Helped Me Come Out.” Not only did the piece go up the morning of the 20th anniversary of the television premiere of Buffy the…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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