Kristen Bell and Jennifer Lawrence are, hands down, my two favourite women in Hollywood.

YES!!!

Best GIF ever! I just watched this episode last week!

This is what I was trying to get at...I definitely did not intend to reduce the man's actions to "institutional gender inequality" either, as this is clearly more complex. I just think we can't write people like Castro off as rare, evil monsters so that we can reassure ourselves that this situation is a rare…

I think what Claudia is articulating is that by dubbing men like Castro "monsters" we demonize them, which negates the fact that it's men (real, human, guy next door, men) that are torturing women this way. What she means by saying that "we won't get anywhere by saying a real human being wouldn't do this" is that we…

Because letting your parents support you as a grown man isn't at all emasculating. Jesus.

The music industry, like nearly all entertainment industries, is largely dominated by men, particularly in hip hop, so this girl should get kudos no matter what industry she's successful in. While I do think girls should be encouraged to pursue careers in math and science, let's not minimize the strides and successes…

Hahahahahahahahaha holy shit, I just laughed so hard.

That's what I was thinking!

YAY! I'm a backer, are you a backer?

I don't know how I missed it either!

Jennifer Lawrence, all the way. I friggen love her.

Ugh, I disagree! I find Loki SO unattractive. Banner FTW! I also don't find Hawkeye, Stark, or Captain America (he's so generic) attractive. Only Banner and Thor for me.

Objectification and the male gaze are problematic (in all television, not just Whedon's work), but I recall some very obvious objectification of the male characters in Buffy (Spike, Angel, even Xander) where the camera pans their bodies. In particular, in Season 4, Anya openly objectifies Xander digging and the camera…

Also, while the female are characters in the Whedonverse are undoubtedly sexy, attractive women, they are not reduced to mere sexual objects, and are not always "sexy-dressed." So, Whedon employs far more female protagonists, far more female characters in general, and, while unarguably attractive (we are talking about…

Exactly (on all points).

*Marsters

Mark Ruffalo (and the original Hulk, IMO, Edward Norton) are unbelieveably sexy guys!

I can't believe I have never seen or known about this! Stephen Tobolowsky probably would have made a better Flutie, he's a pretty awkward and funny actor. Riff Reagan as Willow feels so wrong! Though she is not as thin as Hannigan, Hannigan is a better nerdy, awkward, unpopular girl.

YES.