Obviously, sexism influences fans and fannish practices, but I think it’s ridiculously disingenuous to suggest that internalized misogyny is the only force at work. I don’t always want to brace myself for my entertainment; it’s common to say, “[x] is my life, of course it comes with me” - I’ve said it myself, and it’s true to some extent, but ( Read more... )

I've been searching for essays on SW for my theory class, and I didn't really think I'd have trouble finding them. On the upside, I really haven't had trouble -- but most of them are awful.

A lot of the authors half-heartedly tried to take on sexism - and, I mean, I think there's lots of sexism in SW? Both in-story and in its construction? But ( Read more... )

Listening back, this is probably the weakest part - partly because I was fairly frustrated, and partly because I was really unclear and had to add in a ton of editorial remarks just to clarify what I meant. But here is the last part.

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This, even more than the others, is a continuation of the previous section, but narrows the focus on Luke and Leia. Luke-Leia is up there with Anakin-Luke for my favourite relationship in Star Wars, so I took advantage of the opportunity for a quasi-picspam and just stuffed every Luke and Leia-focused picture/set of pictures I have into the video ( Read more... )

This was a weird section for me, and probably one of the more artificial section breaks. Basically, this is the one where -- I felt -- Tricia was arguing that people dislike Padmé because they blame her for certain poor choices and aren't given evidence of her position as a political leader. I disagree on both counts, and dislike her ( Read more... )

Padmé and SFCs, continued!

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At some point, I realized this was less about the fangirlblog post and more "Elizabeth has FEELINGS. About EVERYTHING. Hear her!"

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Yesterday, continued!
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This response is completely off the top of my head and ended up being (1) way longer than I expected, so I'm posting it in bits and pieces, and (2) more fervent than I expected, so if you like Padmé and/or the prequels, you may not want to listen/read. But here we go. Oh, and the transcript necessarily ( Read more... )