Well, there was one, which they actually called "When Good Shows Go Bad" in the commentaries. It was "Jeremiah Crichton", which everyone agreed just wasn't a great ep.

Don't besmirch Farscape like that. Even the WORST ep of that show (Jeremiah Crichton) was better than this wtfery.

The thing is, though, because of sexism, that "preferential" treatment is usually matched by negative assumptions and gendered issues. Just like it does for every woman. The article isn't arguing pretty girls have it "worse", it's showing how being a woman, regardless of looks, has the potential to be demeaning and…

Usually the week before my period my sense of smell gets intense and my palate goes off. So I'll crave very specific foods and not be able to eat anything else or risk vomiting. Yay, uterus!

Crowders belief that he knows all about relationships after 6 months of marriage, not living or having sex with the person beforehand, and dealing with absolutely NO difficult times so far as I can tell, makes me think he is in for some hard times later. I've been married for 10 years, together just shy of 20. We have…

Yep. I think it's that, according to that particular study, women over 35 expect more from their media and are not as easy to pigeon-hole into an easy "they all like this one thing" demographic. Of course, I think that's true of all women, but as someone nearing 35, I know I'm discerning about what I go see in the…

I think it's a few things. Some of it just legitimate dislike of her dialog, which can be very stylized, although I think people are harder on her than say, Tarantino, for it. Or Kevin Smith. And Cody doesn't do that thing Smith does where character just talk -at- each other, not with. Also: she generally reserves it…

I just want to sit down with her and talk about stories and feminism and female characters. Possibly over tea. Because whatever individuals may personally like or dislike about her work or penname, she is one of the few female writers in Hollywood who A. uses her voice to actually SAY this stuff B. gives a shit about…

This. Plus, there was a thing a few years back where movie marketers revealed that they literally "don't know what women over the age of 35 want" so they just...don't sell to them. Which in turn influences what movies get made. Which is absurd. Women over 35 want good stories with characters that don't insult them.…

Actually, I'd really like to see the next 2 books as films because they are more focused on Lisbeth and there are a lot of really interesting developments in her character. The theme of crimes against women also gets revisited and examined pretty thoroughly in several different ways, and we get more context for…

The thing is, Lisbeth was actually strong beforehand. That comes out more in the 2nd and 3rd book, and the rape does not actually define her character. She goes on from it and retains who she is. Lisbeth is also more realistically "kick ass" than I often see women depicted. She uses her size to be faster than her…

I was surprised to find I really preferred the US version, especially Mara's Lisbeth. She was more introverted, tense, and scary angry, with the social awkwardness and calculating silence of the book. I don't have a problem with Rapace's, but Mara's just seemed more like the Lisbeth I read. I especially liked that in…

Yeah, I figured that out about a second after I posted. I was like, dammit! Oh well. Maybe someone who reads my responses will get something out of it. I'm sure he won't. :}

Well, maybe if they stopped making women's clothing IMPOSSIBLE to find in any kind of consistent sizing so they aren't a panic inducing stress test, everyone wouldn't be like, fuck it, where are my stretchy leggings? I like pants. I prefer pants. But I am not going to subject myself to torture every time I need some…

This always makes me so frustrated because both Totoro and Spirited Away (Miyazaki films) with main female characters have never failed to delight any little boy I've ever shown them to. Without a single word of protest, too.

I actually do consider it a "win" in terms of characterization. When female characters are flawed because they're human, not because of their gender, that is in terms of narratives and characterization a positive. If we only see female characters as paragons of virtue, never flawed or wrong or even "bad", we play into…

My family is primarily Irish, but nope, no history of auto-immune disease. We're long-lived (85 and up, on average, even the heavy drinkers/smokers) and the ladies go prematurely gray starting as young as 18. I would say creativity does run in the family, my mom is a photographer, I'm a writer/artist, and both my…

Well, no, and I don't think it is. I think acknowledging we're flawed because we're human is not necessarily a negative. And honestly, there have been lots of unpleasant women throughout history. It's not just men who have contributed negative, problematic things to the world. It's a human problem, not a gender…