ABSTRACT
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a character who has been reimagined across multiple media platforms for several decades, most recently in the horror-inspired Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In this article I examine the way that Sabrina has evolved from a bubbly blonde comic character to a gothic representation of feminist resistance who challenges the status quo of both the magical and mortal worlds that she inhabits. I discuss how the series creates a dialogue with shows, films, political movements and events in contemporary culture to place itself within an established teen discourse relating to the liminality of the female teen experience.
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Megan Henesy
Megan Henesy is a lecturer at Bournemouth University who teaches on the Communication & Media and English degrees. Her research interests include contemporary women’s literature, film and television. She completed her PhD in English Literature at Southampton University in 2017. E-mail: [email protected]