Series 6, Amy Pond, Feminism, and River Song's identity.
I like Moffat. I think I have established that fact about ten million times. I like his characters, I like his dialogue, I like the way he tells stories. I have been a staunch defender against the declarations of his sexism, particularly because I deeply admire his sex-positive attitude and related empowerment of women. I'm of the class of feminist that tends to think that denying women's sexuality by declaring all portrayals of it as "objectifying" is counterproductive to the feminist movement. I'm equally of the mind that feminism is--or should be--about giving women the choice to do whatever they want with their life, whether they want to be the next president or be a full-time, at-home mother.
Accordingly, I cheered Amy's short skirts and comfortable sexuality. She's not my favorite companion, but I enjoyed her spunk and the fact that she seemed, to me, to be a very well-rounded character. I could see the effect that the Doctor leaving her when she was young had had on her, see how nervous and uncomfortable she was with emotions and how she took a sort of "bros" attitude towards Rory because of it. I was deeply impressed with Moffat for creating a character with highlights and flaws, and subverting some female character tropes, but not displaying desperation to avoid all of them. Amy was, to me, a very real character.
And then came series 6. All seemed fairly normal with TIA/DotM, though Amy did occasionally fade into the background. Karen's acting has improved quite a lot, and I was impressed. And then Moffat introduced his Worst Plot Device Ever.
Pogative.
I feel that with the introduction of the pogative pregnancy result, Moffat neatly condensed a well-rounded and frankly pretty awesome character into a plot device. Add to that the fact that in all four episodes following the introductory two-parter, Amy fell incredibly flat as a character. Sure, she did some nifty swording in TBS, but she seems to have spent the remainder of her time on screen crying over/searching for Rory.
I probably could have lived with this, and even justified it under the heaving of Well, She Was Flesh At The Time, except for the River Song Reveal. Please don't get me wrong--I like that River is a Time Lord (ish), and I like that she's their daughter, and I'm madly in love with the River/Rory father/daughter dynamic (... in case you hadn't noticed). But even in AGMGTW, I felt like Amy was very one-dimensional. That's not the main thing, though.
What really bothers me about the River Song Reveal is that I now feel like Amy as a character was created entirely as a plot device to tell River's story. Moffat has said that he knew who River Song was from the beginning, and while I doubt that he had all the details, I strongly suspect that he always intended her to be the daughter of a future companion. Now I feel like Moffat created Amy and her entire story simply to tell River's story, and that really, really bothers me. The sheer amount of objectification and neglect that are implied by that... I just can't accept that.
tl;dr: I feel like Moffat created Amy (and Rory) just to tell River's story, am very not okay with that, and would appreciate it if someone could make me feel better about it.