A brief break from reading In the Hunt:Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural
So, Jacob Clifton of TWOP, you say female presence is strong and prominent in Supernatural because the important female characters and relationships are used as reflections of men and their relationships? That killing them gives them presence and power as long as we know a bit about them first? That Lilith is a strong and powerful female presence because she "perverts" (your word, not mine) the relationship between the Winchesters by separating them? This is my response to your defense of the portrayal of women in Supernatural:
spn_womens work - luminosity & sisabet
I am amused, though, that it follows up Mary Borsellino's essay that objectively addresses how women are portrayed and given/not given agency in terms of how the series can be viewed as reclaiming the genre's masculinity that it "lost" with Buffy. That's actually the only interesting essay so far. Not because of the subject matter, but because it's the only one that wasn't pure praise or character defense. *more to come when I finish the book*
spn_womens work - luminosity & sisabet
I am amused, though, that it follows up Mary Borsellino's essay that objectively addresses how women are portrayed and given/not given agency in terms of how the series can be viewed as reclaiming the genre's masculinity that it "lost" with Buffy. That's actually the only interesting essay so far. Not because of the subject matter, but because it's the only one that wasn't pure praise or character defense. *more to come when I finish the book*