Five notes on Firefly/Serenity
Most of you who care will have seen most of these already; just for my own record-keeping:
The gender dynamics in cross-class relationships in Firefly. Great quote at the end, though irrelevant to the basic argument: What I adore about Kaylee, as a character, is that she completely ignores any sort of gender stereotypes, she's a mechanic, she's girly, she really into sex, she's innocent, and when she wants a pretty dress it is quite possibly the ugliest pretty dress you've ever seen - but you love her for it.
Follow-up note on Serenity and US politics.
Followed by trinityvixen on the Guild and the Bene Gesserit;
"Well, Maybe You Can Take That Part Of The Sky", by Abigail Nussbaum on sin and society;
and sartorias on gender and class again especially Inara, which leads to a surprising discussion of Star Trek, especially "The Cage".
The gender dynamics in cross-class relationships in Firefly. Great quote at the end, though irrelevant to the basic argument: What I adore about Kaylee, as a character, is that she completely ignores any sort of gender stereotypes, she's a mechanic, she's girly, she really into sex, she's innocent, and when she wants a pretty dress it is quite possibly the ugliest pretty dress you've ever seen - but you love her for it.
Follow-up note on Serenity and US politics.
Followed by trinityvixen on the Guild and the Bene Gesserit;
"Well, Maybe You Can Take That Part Of The Sky", by Abigail Nussbaum on sin and society;
and sartorias on gender and class again especially Inara, which leads to a surprising discussion of Star Trek, especially "The Cage".