They should have had Kara argue that she wants to be called Superhuman or something that's gender neutral. Then Cat's speech about the fact that women shouldn't be afraid to embrace their femininity would have made more sense.

I'm actually not sure S.H.I.E.L.D. passes the Bechdel test particularly often. The most-used character pairings are all male/female: Daisy and Coulson, Fitz and Simmons, May and Coulson, Bobbi and Lance, etc.

Technically they say it once in that opening exposition scene, but I agree it's super weird that they never say it after that.

Nah, he's too busy flirting with Batman to get involved.

They're both recurring cast members!

Like, if anyone is going to point out that it looks like an S, it should be the dude who grew up on Earth and only saw the symbol for the first time yesterday.

At least the fact that she was raised on Krypton makes her explanation a little more logical. Whenever Superman talks about Kryptonian culture I want to say, "But you spent literally your entire life on Earth…"

I'm debating whether the question of how Kara got out of the Phantom Zone will be a big season/series long mystery or whether that was just a throw away line.

Agreed. And Benanti does some nice work there too. Plus the hand hold really got me.

I rewatched the hologram scene a bunch and it made me cry every damn time.

Thanks!

Jeb Bush, is that you?

Thanks! I'm curious to see how Winn's arc plays out and whether he's headed for supervillain territory.

"Two dozen" was definitely weird but not as weird as "normal human-type childhood." Just say "human childhood"!

Only if Laura Benanti can join them at that karaoke bar too.

Thanks for the heads up! It should be working momentarily.

I don't think it means the film's feminism is weak (I'm not big on labeling films "feminist" anyway). I think it means the film has weak female characters. And give that Hollywood has a widespread problem with writing weak female characters, I think that's worth pointing out!

I mean I'm as guilty as anyone when it comes to making jokes about the comments. But while there are plenty of them that make me roll my eyes, seeing smart convos take place makes me so happy. Plus y'all are very funny when you want to be.

I'm so excited to see such an enthusiastic discussion of Fury Road and Age Of Ultron in the comments! As I tried to indicate in the article, I'm in no way trying to condemn these films nor even condemn the moments I found slightly questionable. I just want to get the ball rolling on discussing what these films do…

But is it possible that what you're experiencing is similar to what I'm getting at in my article? Perhaps those on Tumblr actually do really love Agent Carter but also want more from it (that's true of myself, for instance). Of course, it's totally possible you've stumbled across really inflammatory posts. But…