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This chapter examines how teen television series—from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB 1997–2001, UPN 2001–2003) to Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (HBO Max 2022)—articulate shifting meanings of girlhood, empowerment, and feminism alongside major developments in interactive and monitoring technologies. Across 25 years, these shows portray dangerous forces using the Internet, cell phones, and social media to surveil teen girl protagonists and mediate their experiences of sexuality, relationships, consent, and bodily agency. Yet each new series also depicts girls leveraging technological savviness to resist. Drawing from feminist media scholarship, I chart how these narratives present feminism about and for teen girl through girl power’s evolution into girlboss feminism, revealing how digital technologies simultaneously enable resistance and uphold systemic surveillance.

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From Girl Power to Girlboss: Surveillance, Technology, and Control in Teen Dramas

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    2026年

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  • Reut Odinak

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This chapter examines how teen television series—from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB 1997–2001, UPN 2001–2003) to Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (HBO Max 2022)—articulate shifting meanings of girlhood, empowerment, and feminism alongside major developments in interactive and monitoring technologies. Across 25 years, these shows portray dangerous forces using the Internet, cell phones, and social media to surveil teen girl protagonists and mediate their experiences of sexuality, relationships, consent, and bodily agency. Yet each new series also depicts girls leveraging technological savviness to resist. Drawing from feminist media scholarship, I chart how these narratives present feminism about and for teen girl through girl power’s evolution into girlboss feminism, revealing how digital technologies simultaneously enable resistance and uphold systemic surveillance.