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In Which I Provoke Apopoplexy
Since LJ has not yet spontaneously combusted today, I can only assume that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ide_cyan and lyssie have not seen this article from Elle calling Battlestar Galactica:
"the most feminist show on tv" (maybe).
The sad part - it may be true. However, that's not a reason to celebrate and certainly not to celebrate BSG, a show with gender issues that have only grown worse over its run rather than better.
Also - note the editors of Elle: generally-speaking, "vixen" is not considered a flattering characterization of women. And while Kara Thrace may be many things even, upon occasion "sexually ravenous", vixenish ain't one of them, eh? Not to mention, in an article ostensibly about the powerful women on BSG, it might behoove you to give more than passing attention to the fact that Starbuck's the best pilot and one of the best soldiers in the fleet rather than how many guys are after fathering her children, hmmm?
*eyeroll*
ide_cyan and lyssie have not seen this article from Elle calling Battlestar Galactica: "the most feminist show on tv" (maybe).
The sad part - it may be true. However, that's not a reason to celebrate and certainly not to celebrate BSG, a show with gender issues that have only grown worse over its run rather than better.
Also - note the editors of Elle: generally-speaking, "vixen" is not considered a flattering characterization of women. And while Kara Thrace may be many things even, upon occasion "sexually ravenous", vixenish ain't one of them, eh? Not to mention, in an article ostensibly about the powerful women on BSG, it might behoove you to give more than passing attention to the fact that Starbuck's the best pilot and one of the best soldiers in the fleet rather than how many guys are after fathering her children, hmmm?
*eyeroll*