Summary

In “Exorcism, Or Eating My Twin,” the narrator, Sarah, recalls meeting her “twin” (67) at a fan convention for the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer held in a Midwestern college town. Sarah was dressed as Faith—Buffy's edgier foil on the show—while her twin was dressed as Giles, the school librarian character. They met in a discussion for writers of fan fiction about the show. The twin mentioned that her writing was about “reclaiming parasitic lesbian relationships” (68). Sarah pauses her narration to explain that she is telling this story in an attempt to “exorcise the ghost of [her] twin, or else eat her” (69). After the discussion, they went to a bar where they sang karaoke, performing a song by Tegan and Sara. Sarah says that she will refer to her twin as “Tegan” for the rest...