To me - the most empowering element of the 'verse is the character of Chantarelle/Lily/Anne.
As to Graduation - Buffy is a part of their High School class, but they are not part of her class. The inteligentsia. In a time frame when Buffy's war is against the Mayor himself, it is understandable that she does not enlist town officialdom. But that mayor is gone, and presumably there are new faces to contact.
If the intention was to found a new Politburo
This isn't a new Politburo. Buffy's inner circle is narrow, and long-established. They've just completed the task of Supplanting Travers. I do question how different her attitudes toward non-inner circle society are from Travers. A difference of degree or type.
Personally, as a non-Californian woman, I find it much easier to perceive a metaphor for Community in an unknown number of girls from all backgrounds and nationalities.
Considering the diversity of the SiTs, and the whiteness of Sunnydale by SoCal standards I can see where that would come from. It's harder though, when the Elite-ness of the SiTs is repeated so thoroughly. The Potentials are part of the Chsen clan - the town is Outside the House, is other, and inhabitants appear to merit no concern.
And if "the world" is community, well those people of Sunnydale are in the world... Ultimately, though, I judge S3 and S7 differently, because the political messaging of the seasons are so different. S7 purports to be about empowerment, but it is of a much narrower form then it pretends.
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Re: Chosen or Graduated?
As to Graduation - Buffy is a part of their High School class, but they are not part of her class. The inteligentsia. In a time frame when Buffy's war is against the Mayor himself, it is understandable that she does not enlist town officialdom. But that mayor is gone, and presumably there are new faces to contact.
If the intention was to found a new Politburo
This isn't a new Politburo. Buffy's inner circle is narrow, and long-established. They've just completed the task of Supplanting Travers. I do question how different her attitudes toward non-inner circle society are from Travers. A difference of degree or type.
Personally, as a non-Californian woman, I find it much easier to perceive a metaphor for Community in an unknown number of girls from all backgrounds and nationalities.
Considering the diversity of the SiTs, and the whiteness of Sunnydale by SoCal standards I can see where that would come from. It's harder though, when the Elite-ness of the SiTs is repeated so thoroughly. The Potentials are part of the Chsen clan - the town is Outside the House, is other, and inhabitants appear to merit no concern.
And if "the world" is community, well those people of Sunnydale are in the world... Ultimately, though, I judge S3 and S7 differently, because the political messaging of the seasons are so different. S7 purports to be about empowerment, but it is of a much narrower form then it pretends.