"Whedonverse" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy Matters: the Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 159:",
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          "ref": "2009, AmiJo Comeford, “Cordelia Chase as Failed Feminist Gesture”, in Kevin K. Durand, editor, Buffy Meets the Academy: Essays on the Episodes and Scripts as Text, page 159:",
          "text": "Neither Joss Whedon nor any other writer in the Whedonverse harbors the misogyny that drove and characterized texts like the Hammer of Witches.",
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          "ref": "2010, Lynnette Porter, Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains, and Modern Monsters: Science Fiction in Shades of Gray in 21st Century Television, page 133:",
          "text": "In the Whedonverse, who is willing and able to become a hero often defies two-dimensional thinking or traditional expectations.",
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          "ref": "2019, Juliette C. Kitchens, Julie L. Hawk, Transmediating the Whedonverse(s), page 152:",
          "text": "Buffyspeak has also rhizomatically traversed into other shows, both within and beyond the Whedonverse; for example, the similar use of language by Topher in Dollhouse (2009–2010) and the teenagers of Caprica (2009–2010).",
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