Upon first viewing this episode when it aired in the year 2000, I cried. By the end of the episode, the ruse is revealed, and the Scooby gang (Buffy’s friends and support network who help her slay, for any readers not familiar) declare that while the Maclays may be her blood relations, they – her friends – are Tara’s real family. Said women must stay in the family home for their safety and that of others, and of course, they must serve. She is not happy about this and we soon learn why: in this case, “home” means to assume her proper place, being subservient to her male relatives, who perpetuate a myth that the women in their family show their demon selves on their 20 th birthday. In the Season Five episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer titled “Family,” the family of the character called Tara Maclay (the girlfriend of Buffy’s bff Willow) comes to town on the occasion of her 20 th birthday, to bring her home.

Guest Post: Found Family & the Queer Experience And if Jes can also avoid going back to being the prize subject of a scientist who can’t wait to dissect him? Even better. But when the boss sets the circus up to take the fall for his about-to-get-busted narcotics operation, Jes and his friends decide to bring the mobster down together. With no other options, Jes fulfills the requests: espionage, torture, demolition. When the boss gets wind of the bounty on Jes’ head, he makes an offer: do anything and everything asked of him, or face vivisection. It doesn’t take long for him to catch the attention of the crime boss who owns the resort-casino where he lands a circus job. Here, everyone just wants to be lost in the party. Hunted by those who want to study his gravity powers, Jes makes his way to the best place for a mixed-species fugitive to blend in: the pleasure moon. readers only, and you can enter at the end of this post. I’m also excited to be hosting a giveaway for a finished copy of the book! This time it’s U.S. I’m so happy to be joining Angry Robot on the first leg of their blog tour for Khan Wong’s The Circus Infinite! Today I have a guest post from the author, and it’s one of my favorite themes in fiction, found families.

The circus infinite by khan wong