Having posted before about how awesome "Elementary" is and how the writers have excelled at writing strong female characters, I feel like I should really say something about series 3 of "Sherlock". Because this is where the writers, Moffat and Gatiss, learn how to do it too. The first episode of series 3 was weak for all the reasons glvalentine described in ( Read more... )

I agree with this person who I don't know: I'm particularly enjoying the show with the two leads who are a tall, thin British guy and a short, somewhat sardonic woman of color. "Sleepy Hollow" is fun, especially the man-out-of-time bits ("A 10% levy on baked goods? How are people not rioting in the streets?" not to mention the entire conversation ( Read more... )

It appears that some folks agree with me about Elementary being now the superior show:

• Genevieve Valentine (glvalentine)'s "Elementary Demonstrates the Right Way to Update a Classic Hero" (warning: spoilers)
• Mathilda Gregory's "Why Elementary is far more than a Sherlock Holmes pastiche" in the Guardian (Gregory also authored "Why Doctor Who needs more female ( Read more... )

TL;DR version: If you're not already watching Elementary on CBS, you should probably start. Because feminism. Also, stuff about Star Trek: Into Darkness.

I've been wanting to write something about the display of women's bodies. Most recently, this has come up for me in media when we saw Star Trek: Into Darkness. As you know from the trailer, there ( Read more... )