Editing Anya Jenkins (section)

==Academic analysis==
Anya has been the subject of at least one academic article. For Tamy Burnett, "Anya ... stands alone as the only woman in the Buffyverse to remain unshamed and unpunished for her expressions of sexuality". Burnett argues that, among ''Buffy''{{'}}s female characters, despite their varying versions of personal and/or mental strength, Anya is the only one who is truly sexually liberated. Buffy and her friends tend to be "girly girls", who learn that "Sex is bad" and have their transgressions of traditional gender performance punished; Burnett cites the loss of Angel's soul, <!--the "blood-based infection" dangers (and [[HIV]] parallels) of sex with Oz,--> punitive interpretations of Tara's death, and Willow's transformation into Warren among other consequences. Faith comes "the closest" after Anya to breaking these traditional patterns because, while she is "just as sexual and outspoken" as Anya, she pivotally does not achieve Anya's acceptance within the group; for Anya, this "legitimizes her perspective". She identifies this motif with typical traits of [[horror fiction]], citing Dawn Heinecken's feminist analysis in ''Warrior Women of Television''. Anya frankly admits to masturbation and to her favourite sexual activities with Xander, and assumes that others share her attitudes. To Burnett, Anya's death in "Chosen" positions Anya as "failing to achieve [her] ultimate narrative legitimacy". Burnett concludes that "Anya's attitude toward sexual desire marks her as transgressing traditional forms of female sexuality, a significant break to the pattern by which other women on the show are constrained."<ref>{{cite book|last = Burnett|first = Tamy L.|chapter = Anya as Feminist Model of Positive Female Sexuality|title = Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon: New Essays|editor-first = Erin B.|editor-last = Waggoner|location = Jefferson, NC|publisher = McFarland|year = 2010|pages = 117–145|isbn = 978-0-7864-4750-3}}</ref>