{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The academic study of Whedon\u2019s work is called \u201cWhedon Studies\u201d or formerly \u201cBuffy Studies\u201d. The main centre of these studies is...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/164437580063/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/164437345494/the-academic-study-of-whedons-work-is-called\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">argumate</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><blockquote><p>The academic study of Whedon\u2019s work is called \u201cWhedon Studies\u201d or formerly \u201cBuffy Studies\u201d. The main centre of these studies is the Association for Whedon Studies, who have produced the journal \u201cSlayage\u201d has since January 2001.<br/></p></blockquote><p>god I wish this was a joke</p></blockquote>\n\n<p>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&rsquo;t ask why academics needed to exploit their tastes as niches in a cutthroat tenure war</p>"}