Why yes there are meta & other icontests out there and here be necessary reminders

[red_satin_doll]

Your Madame Ambassador of Meta (according to punch_kicker15) and Patron Saint of Icons (per eilowyn, and when the heck did this happen anyway?) has been remiss in her duties. And is speaking of herself in third person. This cannot stand. So herewith:

** Foz Meadow's essay, Gender, Orphan Black and the Meta of Meta says everything I want to say, beautifully, cogently

Comments

[red_satin_doll]

We need our own catchphrases, though "Chip and Muffy are such sports" lacks punch somehow.

I know people here for whom those phrases would be appropriate or who actually speak in a similar manner - and they aren't middle class. They're RICH. (Although I guess socio-economic class is in the eye of the federal gov't beholder. :p

who "pitied" Fritz for "putting up with her"





I like difficult female protagonists.

HELL TO THE YES.

Just the way the word "difficult" is used as a smear with women in fiction and RL - oh, you mean, particular, angry with just cause, strong and a survivor, as good as a man at her work and/or uncompromising in her ethics? A layered and complex person who displays the full range of human emotions? Wow, what a radical notion */snark*

There needs to be a manifesto. This gives me ideas.

[velvetwhip]

I used "difficult" as a positive word. I myself have been labeled "difficult" since early childhood, so... (Also have known people named Chip and Muffin... eek! Let's not discuss whether I've ever referred to anyone as a "sport", shall we?)

Gabrielle

[red_satin_doll]

Oh goodness sorry hon, I should have been clearer there - I know exactly how YOU meant it! (I mean, hello? You're a Willow fan, I'm a Buffy fan, the Buffyverse is full of great female characters. People who aren't into "difficult", interesting women? I don't know why they're fans of the verse. Sorry not sorry - but there are plenty of male-dominated shows for that.)

I just meant how it gets used by the culture generally - which is to say, the opposite of how you and I mean it.

Let's not discuss whether I've ever referred to anyone as a "sport", shall we?

Mum's the word:



ETA: And yeah, I've been labeled "difficult" too - as has my sweetie, and pretty much every woman I know with half a brain.