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1) Asking me "why isn't Sarah Connor more popular" will result in a thesis-length essay on the ingrained sexism and androcentricism and sometimes outright misogyny in SF/F (not to mention heterocentricism and Eurocentricism), paticularly in genre TV. And yes, that includes Joss Whedon. And no, I don't think the women characters on BSG are particularly good examples of "strong women characters" - a cancer victim, a slutty headcase, a femme fatale and the stand-by-her man wife and mother are not my idea of good examples of interesting and empowered women (especially not when they're the ONLY female characters in a series). More like three stereotypes* and RDM's skanky gender issues in search of a story.
2) I really hate BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. I don't hate Joss Whedon as much as I hate BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. And I enjoy me some hatin' on the Joss. RDM should get some sort of award - I'm a critical viewer but we're talking putting season one out in the trash hate (and I still have X-FILES and XENA crap kicking around. That is how white-hot my hate for the crapfest that is BSG burns).
3) I need to update my layout so that Quantz is displayed properly in my flist. Anyone have any suggestions?
4) Zombies have been seen in the Dallas area. Run, run for you life.
eta - Why "but the guys on BSG all have sucky lives, too" is neither a persuasive argument nor a good enough excuse:
*Laura Roslin is still cool, which is probably why RDM is bound and determined to see her safely shacked-up with a man, emfeebled, stripped of her power and her personal dignity, and dead before the end of the series. Fuck you, BSG, you are aself-congratulatory, faux-intellectual, boiler-plate liberal piece of crap, but so ultimately clueless about how gender, race and sexual orientation are presented in your narrative that I want to shoot skeet with my DVDs (I will trade them in for Homicide instead). Truly progressive narratives do more than change the job labels afixed to their stereotypes.
2) I really hate BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. I don't hate Joss Whedon as much as I hate BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. And I enjoy me some hatin' on the Joss. RDM should get some sort of award - I'm a critical viewer but we're talking putting season one out in the trash hate (and I still have X-FILES and XENA crap kicking around. That is how white-hot my hate for the crapfest that is BSG burns).
3) I need to update my layout so that Quantz is displayed properly in my flist. Anyone have any suggestions?
4) Zombies have been seen in the Dallas area. Run, run for you life.
eta - Why "but the guys on BSG all have sucky lives, too" is neither a persuasive argument nor a good enough excuse:
*Laura Roslin is still cool, which is probably why RDM is bound and determined to see her safely shacked-up with a man, emfeebled, stripped of her power and her personal dignity, and dead before the end of the series. Fuck you, BSG, you are aself-congratulatory, faux-intellectual, boiler-plate liberal piece of crap, but so ultimately clueless about how gender, race and sexual orientation are presented in your narrative that I want to shoot skeet with my DVDs (I will trade them in for Homicide instead). Truly progressive narratives do more than change the job labels afixed to their stereotypes.
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