Here’s another thing.

I agree that what OUAT should have done was to have queer characters from the get go.  They could have been original characters, or they could have been non-proprietary fairytale characters, like beanstalk Jack, whom the show did make into a woman.  For actualizing the much-ballyhooed “modern twist,” the showrunners could ( Read more... )

If you're not on Twitter, you may not have seen the winners for the 2010 Women's Image Network Awards presented on Tuesday, January 18, 2011.  The WIN website says the organization aims to "shape positive public opinion about the value of women and girls by celebrating outstanding film and television that fosters powerful and dimensional female ( Read more... )

A few (okay, more than a few) years ago, when I lived in a land far, far away, I remember a controversy in the U.S. sparked by a talk show host saying that African-Americans were better at basketball/sports because slavery had bred better physical prowess into them compared to whites. At that time, I was fairly clueless about (i) structural racism ( Read more... )

msanimanga (msanimanga.livejournal.com">http://msanimanga.livejournal.com) does a fantastic job at tweetcaps, but these are just two of my favorite exchanges between a tweeter and both Twitter-Jane and Twitter Maura.

I've come to the conclusion that the Twitter accounts are fan-run rather than TNT-originated, but I know this is still open for ( Read more... )