Shut Up, Ladies

[sarahtales]

Originally published at Sarah Rees Brennan. You can comment here or there.

It made me so sad to see, in an article about Jane Austen, that even though Jane Austen remains super popular there has been a decline in respect for her as a serious artist. Because it’s ‘chick lit’… as if any genre is Automatically Bad. And as if anything a woman created

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[kittydesade]

Now you have me thinking about the TV writers we mention on our blog. (I have a blog with a friend. We blog about Grimm and Haven and very briefly about Once Upon A Time.)

Off the top of my head, I can think of three writers we've mentioned multiple times: Akela Cooper, Jane Espenson, Charles Ardai. Generally with praise, because we try to call people out by name only when there's stuff we like, and only call out the stuff itself we don't like. So, we try not to tell anyone specific "OMG SHUT UP" But now I'm wondering what our numbers are on women and men whose writing we've discussed. Hurm.

[sarahtales]

I love Once Upon A Time, she says unhelpfully. ;) And Jane Espenson!

[kittydesade]

Jane Espenson is awesome. I think I actually do love, on balance, everything she's done that I've seen. Or at least, liked it more than my usual feelings. (Unpopular opinion time: I fell out of love with Once Upon A Time because of Reasons towards the end of the first season.)

[sarahtales]

I think the second season is miles better than the first, but each to their own, of course: I can like OUAT and you can like Grimm and we both get something we like. ;)

[kittydesade]

Exactly! Enjoyment of TV for everyone! :D