Write The Change You Want To See In The World

[sarahtales]

There is a picture I look at when I am feeling generally useless, or terrible, or unmotivated, or despairing, wishing that I had depth perception so I could be a truck driver or you know, any sort of mathematical ability so I could be an accountant.

I find anger very motivating - look at that!Ms. Magazine did a piece on young adult literature and

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[be_themoon]

Merlin has two leading ladies as well (although one is getting downgraded to recurring next season, I believe) and also a recurring female antagonist (again, Merlin, what is up with that), and one of them is not only a character of color but also the future Queen of Camelot! Guinevere is simply the best, though then again, she hasn't really been given her own story yet. :( And Primeval has - two leading ladies this season, and last season there were four (if you count antagonists, though one left halfway through the season). Being Human, of course, has Annie, who headlines her show just as much as Mitchell does. And now Nina too, I believe! Doctor Who has Amy (awesome) and River Song (though she's recurring and not a regular). Sherlock, of course... has none. Which sucks. There's also all the BBC Austen adaptations going on, there's Downton Abbey which has more important women than men, I'm pretty sure, and I believe I'm missing a show or two with awesome ladies in it.

I saw that ad about a month or two ago and ran around in circles for a bit.

[evewithanapple]

I'm familiar with Merlin- I watched the first two seasons, but the second was such a disappointment that I couldn't get past the first few episodes of the third season. (I believe Morgana is the second female character/recurring character as well as the antagonist?) Primeval I don't watch, so I can't comment on, Doctor Who has the various companions- though they always take second place in promotional material after the doctor- and Sherlock . . . ehhhhh. I enjoy the show a lot- I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan since I was old enough to read, and I identify with Sherlock a lot- especially since they seem to be portraying him as someone with ASD. But the show does need a lot of help with balancing the cast, as well as treating the female characters they do have better. Molly's repeated humiliation is really uncomfortable to watch, and while the show itself doesn't do much with Sally, the way fandom degrades and slut-shames her makes me angry. I have heard we're getting Irene Adler next season, so there is that.

I believe Downton Abbey is an ITV production though, not BBC. So it wouldn't appear in their promotional materials. And while I enjoy Austen adaptations, I do with they'd produce some original female characters instead of repeatedly mining the same books for them over, and over, and over . . .