Fanvid RecSo, I found this a while back, forget now who or what community linked me to this video originally, but I wanted to promote it to all of you
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Hmm, you’re talking about modern-day females without special abilities who aren’t dealing with unrealistic experiences like magic or monsters or men from outer space?
Wow, that IS tough.
Who'd you come up with?
Are we talking TV or movies or both?
Let me see what I can do:
In addition to Dani Reese (Life); Abby and Ziva (NCIS); Tami Taylor (FNL); Garcia, JJ, and Prentiss (Criminal Minds); ...
~ Gillian Foster, (Lie To Me) Okay, the show has only had four episodes, and there’s foreshadowing that she might be the unsuspecting doting wife of a philandering husband, so we’ll have to see where that goes. But she’s a full partner to the series lead (which is kinda like being qualified enough to run a medical consulting firm with House), so she clearly knows her stuff. And, unlike him, she doesn’t allow her ability to see through people’s lies and manipulations to make her cynical and bitter. In fact, she has a delightfully cheery and upbeat attitude, *without* being a saccharine Pollyanna. Although she wears feminine clothing, she dresses like a respected professional should - no spaghetti straps! Plus, she has a sweet tooth and isn’t afraid to indulge it - eating pudding at 10am and talking about diving into a cake with her clothes on. Who wouldn’t want to know a girl like that?
~ Alicia Fennel, (Veronica Mars) Clearly, we loved Veronica, but Wallace's Mom deserves some respect - Not only was she a classy professional woman with good taste and a sense of humor, but when she got caught up in a bad relationship she got herself and her children out of there. Went on to raise two sons on her own, and did a damn good job if the intelligence, sympathy, and humor found in the elder is a good example. Yes, she didn’t always handle things in the best way, but she’s realistic, and her heart was in the right place.
~ Teresa Lisbon, (The Mentalist) Leader of a mostly-male law enforcement team, but she does it in a very low-key way, not needing to emphasize her authority - she's the boss, and they all know it and act like it. Dresses in jeans and jackets, as is only practical for driving all over the state and running down suspects. Was left in charge of her younger siblings after her mother was killed by a drunk driver, and later orphaned by her father’s suicide. But in the episode where they dealt with a similar situation, she did *not* Take It Personally, (in fact, another team member brought up the backstory) but solved the case and then approached the widower privately and suggested he seek counseling to help him and his family.
You know what? This needs to be its own post!
I think I'm going to challenge my flist to think of and recognize realistic real-world style female role models.
Wow, your list is so so much better than ours. We kept naming women from the sci-fi series, Starbuck, Lara Croft, Ripley in Aliens... when we realized that we couldn't name modern ones (there may have been too many beer consumed at that point).
Your description of Gillian Foster makes me want to watch that show.
Wow, that IS tough.
Who'd you come up with?
Are we talking TV or movies or both?
Let me see what I can do:
In addition to Dani Reese (Life); Abby and Ziva (NCIS); Tami Taylor (FNL); Garcia, JJ, and Prentiss (Criminal Minds); ...
~ Gillian Foster, (Lie To Me) Okay, the show has only had four episodes, and there’s foreshadowing that she might be the unsuspecting doting wife of a philandering husband, so we’ll have to see where that goes. But she’s a full partner to the series lead (which is kinda like being qualified enough to run a medical consulting firm with House), so she clearly knows her stuff. And, unlike him, she doesn’t allow her ability to see through people’s lies and manipulations to make her cynical and bitter. In fact, she has a delightfully cheery and upbeat attitude, *without* being a saccharine Pollyanna. Although she wears feminine clothing, she dresses like a respected professional should - no spaghetti straps! Plus, she has a sweet tooth and isn’t afraid to indulge it - eating pudding at 10am and talking about diving into a cake with her clothes on. Who wouldn’t want to know a girl like that?
~ Alicia Fennel, (Veronica Mars) Clearly, we loved Veronica, but Wallace's Mom deserves some respect - Not only was she a classy professional woman with good taste and a sense of humor, but when she got caught up in a bad relationship she got herself and her children out of there. Went on to raise two sons on her own, and did a damn good job if the intelligence, sympathy, and humor found in the elder is a good example. Yes, she didn’t always handle things in the best way, but she’s realistic, and her heart was in the right place.
~ Teresa Lisbon, (The Mentalist) Leader of a mostly-male law enforcement team, but she does it in a very low-key way, not needing to emphasize her authority - she's the boss, and they all know it and act like it. Dresses in jeans and jackets, as is only practical for driving all over the state and running down suspects. Was left in charge of her younger siblings after her mother was killed by a drunk driver, and later orphaned by her father’s suicide. But in the episode where they dealt with a similar situation, she did *not* Take It Personally, (in fact, another team member brought up the backstory) but solved the case and then approached the widower privately and suggested he seek counseling to help him and his family.
You know what? This needs to be its own post!
I think I'm going to challenge my flist to think of and recognize realistic real-world style female role models.
What do you say?
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If spies count:
~ Nikita (La Femme Nikita)
~ Sydney Bristow (ALIAS) ... though I never did watch 'til the end so maybe she did have some weird "chosen one" thing going for her.
~ Deb Morgan, Rita Bennett, Lt. Maria LaGuerta (Dexter)
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I only saw like two-three partial episodes of Dexter, and a season or so of Alias, but yeah, strong women.
I have never seen La Femme Nikita at all. Since we seem to have very similar tastes, I probably should, huh?
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Your description of Gillian Foster makes me want to watch that show.
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Hey! I took up the challenge! Go promote your favorite female characters!
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