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Guess Who's Coming to Therapy

Discussing strange coincidences between my own life and the Doctor Who Reboot

Wearing Cheese and Casting Shadows

This book explores the Jungian aspects of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, especially how the main characters Shadow selves are represented through cheese. It was originally my Masters' Thesis at MTSU, and I updated it slightly to include some of the newer comics and published it in 2016.

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