Posts with tag occult
Posted Aug 26th 2008 3:44PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reality-Free

Remember when rock 'n roll was to blame for teenagers being out of control? What about when John Lennon's quote about The Beatles being as big as Jesus drew the ire of the church and resulted in deejays advocating the destruction of LPs and singles?
Well, here's another missive from an "authority figure" about how pop culture is ruining today's youth. Sociologist Kristin Aune claims that
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer is responsible for young women not attending church.
Dr. Aune, who's written
Women and Religion in the West, and is a teacher at the University of Derby (that's in the U.K.), doesn't know if
Buffy has also affected young men. Her research doesn't address if boys are abandoning the church, too, so I guess they're safe.
This is no joke, although it does sound like a good way to promote a book that would otherwise be ignored. Mentioning
Buffy is a good way to let the world know that Dr. Aune wrote it.
Continue reading It's all Buffy's fault!
Posted Apr 6th 2007 2:02PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Supernatural, Celebrities

I have a secret that I need to share. A guilty shame that I keep from people, and take pleasure in behind closed doors. I'm finally going to shout it to the masses and shed myself from the shackles ... I'm a big fan of
Supernatural. There. I've done it. A great burden has been lifted!
I've been covering
Smallville for TV Squad for awhile now, but have been watching it for years. When Jensen Ackles left the show and started doing
Supernatural, I scoffed. The show didn't look that appealing to me, and the posters with Jared Padalecki holding a wicked curved knife and Jensen holding the rifle just didn't appeal to me. I thought it looked like a rough day on the set of
The O.C.Continue reading TV Squad visits the set of Supernatural, part one