As Irene Karas suggsts, can we read Buffy as the “final girl for 3rd wave feminism”? By the close of the series, does this title still apply? Or is third wave feminism manifest through other characters in addition to/beyond Buffy?

Where/with whom can we locate abject horror/emotion? Where/with whom can we locate gender power?

How does fantasy work to express societal/cultural changes that might be taboo otherwise?

What models of masculinity are offered?

Screening Prompts for Dollhouse

How does Dollhouse transform Buffy’s representation of the third wave feminist heroine?

Who holds power in Dollhouse, and what is the nature of that power?

How is masculinity depicted, and how does its depiction impact the representation of femininity and female power?

How does the Heroes pilot compare with Supernatural & Buffy (in relation to the ideas raised by Williams and Clover)?

For example: Does Heroes still feature the feminized spectacle of abject horror?

Does it still feature final girls with masculine qualities?

Does Heroes suggest or re-establish an affinity between the monster and the female?

As with Supernatural, does Heroes offer Final Boys rather than a Final Girl? Does it disempower the Final Girl? Does Heroes perhaps suggest an affinity between the monster and the male?