Lee is the feminine, Kara is the masculine, if anything
I wrote a paper on BSG for my "Heroines and the Heroic Tradition" class last year, and in one section where I was talking about mythic/folkloric roles I argued that Kara is the questing hero trying to win the king's favor and Lee's the virgin princess. I sort of loved writing that paper.
And now that I've been that person who picks up a minor, tangential point and contributes nothing...:)
I agree on all the major points here- women have as much of a 'right to violence' as the men on this show, with all the positives and negatives that brings along.
I want to read that paper! Seriously, if you like it and want to share it, I'd love to read it. :) I don't know if I mentioned that I'm teaching a class on gender on television and we're going to be spending a good chunk of time on BSG.
southernbangel and I have been saying all summer that the reason Kara and Lee had the falling out was because they had sex and Lee wanted to cuddle afterward and Kara wouldn't let him. . . and, wow, not far off *g*
In another aside-- was that Racetrack that Kat was fighting? I couldn't tell for sure.
No. Twice in a row was all I could take. I'll download it when it comes out on iTunes and watch it to my heart's content. Or at least until I can get over the embarrassing and uncharacteristic crying. *G*
Notice how I did not post immediately after returning home about your embarrassing sobbing and wailing over the episode. However, that doesn't mean I won't at some point. *g*
As for the rest of your post, I think to equate or liken the boxing fight between Kara and Lee as akin to a form of domestic violence or inappropriate because Kara is a woman cheapens Kara as a character, turns her into the "weaker" sex, something the show consciously avoids. In fact, the show makes a concerted effort to flip our views on gender on its head, forcing us to reevaluate not only our ideas of gender dynamics but those of a culture not our own.
Which is, uh, basically what you said so I'll stop now.
I wrote a paper on BSG for my "Heroines and the Heroic Tradition" class last year, and in one section where I was talking about mythic/folkloric roles I argued that Kara is the questing hero trying to win the king's favor and Lee's the virgin princess. I sort of loved writing that paper.
And now that I've been that person who picks up a minor, tangential point and contributes nothing...:)
I agree on all the major points here- women have as much of a 'right to violence' as the men on this show, with all the positives and negatives that brings along.
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southernbangel and I have been saying all summer that the reason Kara and Lee had the falling out was because they had sex and Lee wanted to cuddle afterward and Kara wouldn't let him. . . and, wow, not far off *g*
In another aside-- was that Racetrack that Kat was fighting? I couldn't tell for sure.
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Have you watched the episode again since last night? I haven't been able to.
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As for the rest of your post, I think to equate or liken the boxing fight between Kara and Lee as akin to a form of domestic violence or inappropriate because Kara is a woman cheapens Kara as a character, turns her into the "weaker" sex, something the show consciously avoids. In fact, the show makes a concerted effort to flip our views on gender on its head, forcing us to reevaluate not only our ideas of gender dynamics but those of a culture not our own.
Which is, uh, basically what you said so I'll stop now.
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Since we share a brain, this is no surprise.
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