argumate:

The academic study of Whedon’s work is called “Whedon Studies” or formerly “Buffy Studies”. The main centre of these studies is the Association for Whedon Studies, who have produced the journal “Slayage” has since January 2001.

god I wish this was a joke

it was almost certainly inspired by Whoosh!, the academic Xena journal, in that part of the 90s when it was fun and games and we didn’t ask why academics needed to exploit their tastes as niches in a cutthroat tenure war